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 Advice regarding the political and historical content of the weekly audiences was provided by Professor Vernon Bogdanor (Emeritus Professor of Government at Oxford University) and former Tutor of David Cameron,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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Now Playing Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre New York
First Preview: Feb 17, 2015 Opening Date: Mar 08, 2015 Closing Date: Jun 28, 2015
Cast
Geoffrey Beevers – The Equerry Richard McCabe – Harold Wilson Michael Elwyn – Anthony Eden Judith Ivey – Margaret Thatcher Helen Mirren – Queen Elizabeth II Dylan Baker – John Mayor Rufus Wright – David Cameron
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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