Red Noses

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]

This article is about the stage play. For the British charity that uses red noses as its symbol, see Comic Relief. For other uses, see Red nose (disambiguation).

Red Noses
Written byPeter Barnes
CharactersFather Flote
Father Toulon
Master Bells
Brodin
Marguerite
Rochfort
Frapper
Pope Clement VI bigod
Date premiered1985
Place premieredBarbican Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
SubjectThe Black Death, a Pope and a band of red nosed comics
GenreComedy
Setting14th-century France

Awards and nominations
Awards
  • 1985 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

Original cast

References
  1. "Production of Red Noses | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. Wolf, Matt (5 July 2004). "Peter Barnes".
  3. "Olivier Winners 1985". Olivier Awards.
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