The Audience
by David Hare
The Audience is a play by the British playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan. The play centres around weekly meetings called audiences, between Queen Elizabeth II and her prime ministers and premiered in the West End in 2013, at the Gielgud Theatre. A Broadway production and West End revival are scheduled for 2015.
The Audience is centred on the weekly audiences given by Queen Elizabeth II to prime ministers from her accession in 1952 to the present day. Advice regarding the political and historical content of the weekly audiences was provided by Professor Vernon Bogdanor (Emeritus Professor of Government at Oxford University) and former Tutor of David Cameron, the current Prime Minister
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Gielgud Theatre London – Helen Mirren
Opening Date: Mar 08, 2013 – Closing Date: Jun 15, 2013
Apollo Theatre London
Opening Date: Apr 21, 2015 Closing Date: Jul 25, 2015
Kristin Scott Thomas – Queen Elizabeth II
Creative
Directed by Stephen Daldry
Scenic Design by Bob Crowley
Costume Design by Bob Crowley
Lighting Design by Rick Fisher
Sound Design by Paul Arditti
Video – National Theatre London: The Audience trailer
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