''Passion Play'' is a 1981 play by
British playwright
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Etymology
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Peter Nichols dealing with adultery and betrayal, unusual in that the two leading characters are each portrayed by two actors for public speech and private thoughts.
It was originally intended to open the
Royal Shakespeare Company
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's new
Barbican Theatre but was produced by them at the London's
Aldwych Theatre in 1981.
It was revived at the
Leicester Haymarket Theatre in 1984 before transferring to
Wyndham's Theatre, at the
Donmar Warehouse in 2000 before transferring to the
Comedy Theatre, and at the
Duke of York's Theatre in 2013.
Dramatis Personae and Casts
London Stagings
Broadway
It opened, as ''Passion'', on
Broadway at the
Longacre Theatre on 7 May 1983, where it closed on 8 August 1983 after 97 performances. The Broadway production was directed by
Marshall W. Mason and starred
Cathryn Damon as Eleanor,
Frank Langella as Jim,
Stephanie Gordon
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as Agnes,
Bob Gunton as James,
Roxanne Hart as Kate, and
E. Katherine Kerr
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as Nell.
References
External links
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Plays by Peter Nichols
1981 plays
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