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Passion Play is a 1981 play by British playwright 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's new Barbican Theatre but was produced by them at the London's Aldwych Theatre in 1981.^[1]

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.^[2]

Dramatis Personae and Casts

London Stagings

Character	Played by (1981)	Played by (1984)	Played by (2000)	Played by (2013)
Kate	Louise Jameson	Heather Wright	Nicola Walker	Annabel Scholey
James	Benjamin Whitrow	Leslie Phillips	James Laurenson	Owen Teale
Eleanor	Billie Whitelaw	Judy Parfitt	Cherie Lunghi	Zoe Wanamaker
Agnes	Priscilla Morgan	Patricia Heneghan	Gillian Barge	Sian Thomas
Jim	Anton Rodgers	Barry Foster	Martin Jarvis	Oliver Cotton
Nell	Eileen Atkins	Zena Walker	Cheryl Campbell	Samantha Bond

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 as Agnes, Bob Gunton as James, Roxanne Hart as Kate, and E. Katherine Kerr as Nell.

References

^ "Passion Play". Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Archive Catalogue. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ "BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Peter Nichols, Darian Leader, Politics in Architecture".

External links

Passion at the Internet Broadway Database

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[1] "Passion Play". Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Archive Catalogue. Retrieved 29 July 2011.

[2] "BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Peter Nichols, Darian Leader, Politics in Architecture".

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-'''''Passion Play''''' is a 1981 play by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[playwright]] [[Peter Nichols]] dealing with adultery and betrayal. It was originally intended to open the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s new [[Barbican Theatre]] but was produced by them at the London's [[Aldwych Theatre]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title=Passion Play|url=http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode==%27PAS198101%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl|work=Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Archive Catalogue|accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref>   The London production starred [[Judy Parfitt]] as Eleanor.
+'''''Passion Play''''' is a 1981 play by [[United Kingdom|British]] [[playwright]] [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|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]]'s new [[Barbican Theatre]] but was produced by them at the London's [[Aldwych Theatre]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title=Passion Play|url=http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode==%27PAS198101%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl|work=Shakespeare Birthplace Trust: Archive Catalogue|accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref>
-It opened, as ''Passion'', on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Longacre Theatre]] on May 7, 1983 where it closed on August 8, 1983 after 107 performances. The Broadway production was directed by [[Marshall W. Mason]] and starred [[Cathryn Damon]] as Eleanor, [[Frank Langella]] as Jim, [[Stephanie Gordon]] as Agnes, [[Bob Gunton]] as James, [[Roxanne Hart]] as Kate, and [[E. Katherine Kerr]] as Nell.
+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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s69wb | title=BBC Radio 3 - Night Waves, Peter Nichols, Darian Leader, Politics in Architecture }}</ref>
+==Dramatis Personae and Casts==
+===London Stagings===
+{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
+|-
+! Character !! width=140px| Played by (1981) !! Played by (1984) !! Played by (2000) !! Played by (2013)
+|-
+| &nbsp;Kate || [[Louise Jameson]]|| [[Heather Wright]] || [[Nicola Walker]]  || [[Annabel Scholey]]
+|-
+| &nbsp;James || [[Benjamin Whitrow]] || [[Leslie Phillips]] || [[James Laurenson]]  || [[Owen Teale]]
+|-
+| &nbsp;Eleanor || [[Billie Whitelaw]] || [[Judy Parfitt]]|| [[Cherie Lunghi]] || [[Zoe Wanamaker]]
+|-
+| &nbsp;Agnes || [[Priscilla Morgan]] || [[Patricia Heneghan]] || [[Gillian Barge]] || [[Sian Thomas]]
+|-
+| &nbsp;Jim || [[Anton Rodgers]] || [[Barry Foster (actor)|Barry Foster]] || [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]] || [[Oliver Cotton]]
+|-
+| &nbsp;Nell || [[Eileen Atkins]] || [[Zena Walker]] || [[Cheryl Campbell]] || [[Samantha Bond]]
+|}
+===Broadway===
+It opened, as ''Passion'', on [[Broadway theatre|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]] as Agnes, [[Bob Gunton]] as James, [[Roxanne Hart]] as Kate, and [[E. Katherine Kerr]] as Nell.
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-{{Commons category|Passion play}}
+* {{ibdb title|4228|title=Passion}}
-* {{ibdb title|6972|title=Passion}}
 [[Category:Plays by Peter Nichols]]