Red Noses

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 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]

Red Noses
Written by	Peter Barnes
Characters	Father Flote Father Toulon Master Bells Brodin Marguerite Rochfort Frapper Pope Clement VI bigod
Date premiered	1985
Place premiered	Barbican Theatre, London
Original language	English
Subject	The Black Death, a Pope and a band of red nosed comics
Genre	Comedy
Setting	14th-century France

Awards and nominations

Awards

• 1985 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

Original cast

• Alain Boutros - David Whitaker
• Archbishop Monselet - Raymond Bowers
• Attendant, Leper - Phillip Dupuy
• Bonville, Lefranc - Norman Henry
• Brodin - Pete Postlethwaite
• Camille - Rowena Roberts
• Charles Bembo - Derek Crewe
• Dr Antrechau, Patris - Peter Theedom
• Druce - Jimmy Yuill
• Evaline, First Leper - Sarah Woodward
• First Flagellant - Steve Swinscoe
• Frapper - Nicholas Woodeson
• Grez - Nicholas Farrell
• Jean le Grue - Bernard Horsfall
• Marcel Flote - Antony Sher
• Marguerite - Polly James
• Marie - Katharine Rogers
• Mistral, Bigod - Nicholas Bell
• Mme de Vonville - Yvonne Coulette
• Moncriff, Jacques B - Charles Millham
• Mother Metz - Yvonne Coulette
• Pellico - Don McKillop
• Pope Clement VI - Christopher Benjamin
• Rochfort - Richard Easton
• Sabine - Cathy Tyson
• Scarron - Brian Parr
• Second Flagellant - Philip Barnes
• Sonnerie - Jim Hooper
• Third Flagellant - Tony London
• Toulon - Peter Eyre
• Viennet, Vosques - James Newall