Red Noses is a comedy about the black death by Peter Barnes, first staged at Barbican Theatre in 1985.[1] It depicted a sprightly priest, originally played by Antony Sher, who travelled around the plague-affected villages of 14th century France with a band of fools, known as Floties, offering holy assistance.[2] It was for this play that Barnes won his Olivier award.[3]
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 1985 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Original cast
- Alain Boutros – David Whitaker
- Archbishop Monselet – Raymond Bowers
- Attendant, Leper – Phillip Dupuy
- Bonville, Lefranc – Norman Henry
- Brodin – Pete Postlethwaite
- Camille – Rowena Roberts
- Charles Bembo – Derek Crewe
- Dr Antrechau, Patris – Peter Theedom
- Druce – Jimmy Yuill
- Evaline, First Leper – Sarah Woodward
- First Flagellant – Steve Swinscoe
- Frapper – Nicholas Woodeson
- Grez – Nicholas Farrell
- Jean le Grue – Bernard Horsfall
- Marcel Flote – Antony Sher
- Marguerite – Polly James
- Marie – Katharine Rogers
- Mistral, Bigod – Nicholas Bell
- Mme de Vonville – Yvonne Coulette
- Moncriff, Jacques B – Charles Millham
- Mother Metz – Yvonne Coulette
- Pellico – Don McKillop
- Pope Clement VI – Christopher Benjamin
- Rochfort – Richard Easton
- Sabine – Cathy Tyson
- Scarron – Brian Parr
- Second Flagellant – Philip Barnes
- Sonnerie – Jim Hooper
- Third Flagellant – Tony London
- Toulon – Peter Eyre
- Viennet, Vosques – James Newall
References
- ^ “Production of Red Noses | Theatricalia”. theatricalia.com.
- ^ Wolf, Matt (5 July 2004). “Peter Barnes”.
- ^ “Olivier Winners 1985”. Olivier Awards.
- Barnes, Peter (1985). Red Noses (First ed.). London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-13771-7.
- Martin Kohn (16 January 1995). “Literature Annotations: Barnes, Peter – Red Noses”. Literature, Arts & Medicine Database. Retrieved 18 September 2008.