THE AUDIENCE
THE AUDIENCE
by Peter Morgan
The play that sparked the hit Netflix series, The Crown, The Audience takes place between 1952 and the present day. It focuses on Queen Elizabeth II’s private weekly meetings between her and each of her Prime Ministers throughout her reign. These meetings have never been recorded and their content is unknown. In this innovative, modern play, Peter Morgan breaks through the silence and imagines a series of conversations held behind closed doors.
Richard Cottle was nominated for best-supporting actor at the 2019 Rosebowl Awards.
Premiered in the West End at the Gielgud Theatre on 15 February 2013
Helen Mirren starred as Queen Elizabeth II; after playing the same role in the 2006 film The Queen, which was also written by Morgan.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Rob Creer with Lizzie Abbot-Davies
CAST
Senior Queen Elizabeth II - Diane Owen
Young Queen Elizabeth II - Sarah Martin
Adolescent Elizabeth - Sammy Mountford
Equerry - Steve Crump
John Major - Simon Carney
Winston Churchill - Tim Ball
Harold Wilson - Richard Cottle
Gordon Brown - Orion Abbot-Davies
Tony Blair - David Lord
Margaret Thatcher - Melody Lewis
Anthony Eden - Andrew Stubbs
David Cameron - Paul Cragg
James Callaghan - Rob Creer
Cecil Beaton/Footman/Policeman - Craig Earby
Policeman/Footman/Private secretary - Samuel Grashoff
Bobo McDonald - Naomi Ashley-Smith
Ladies in Waiting - Kate Webb & Nicky Shipton
CREW
Stage Management - Phil Lovell
Lighting - Rob Owen
Sound - Stephen Bashford
Costume - Kayleigh Rose
Hair and Makeup - Roisin Hall & Kate Webb
Properties - Debbie Bashford, Maggie Allsopp & Karen Smith
Box office - Lucy May Cragg
Photography - Grant McCotter
Front of House - Ross Brown, Maggie Allsopp, Sarah Dixon and Members of Sodbury Players
