Paul (play)
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Paul is a 2005 play
by Howard Brenton
, which portrays the life and career of Paul the Apostle. It was first performed in the Cottesloe auditorium of the National Theatre
, London
from 30 September 2005 – 4 February 2006, in modern dress.
The press night was postponed due to the exhaustion of Paul Rhys
and his replacement by Adam Godley
, while the National received 200 letters of complaint even before opening night. It portrayed Jesus as having survived the Crucifixion and his appearance to Paul outside Damascus as a chance encounter engineered by his wife Mary Magdalene and Peter rather than the vision which Paul takes it to be.
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
by Howard Brenton
Howard Brenton
-Early years:Brenton was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, son of Methodist minister Donald Henry Brenton and his wife Rose Lilian . He was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and read English Literature at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 1964 he was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal...
, which portrays the life and career of Paul the Apostle. It was first performed in the Cottesloe auditorium of the National Theatre
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
, London
London
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from 30 September 2005 – 4 February 2006, in modern dress.
The press night was postponed due to the exhaustion of Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys
Paul Rhys is a British television, film and theatre actor.Rhys was born in Wales and studied at RADA, leaving with the Bancroft Gold Medal in 1987. While there, he obtained his first major screen role, in Absolute Beginners . Since then he has seldom been off the stage and screen...
and his replacement by Adam Godley
Adam Godley
Adam Godley is an English actor.-Biography:Adam Godley has appeared in numerous movies including Love Actually, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ....
, while the National received 200 letters of complaint even before opening night. It portrayed Jesus as having survived the Crucifixion and his appearance to Paul outside Damascus as a chance encounter engineered by his wife Mary Magdalene and Peter rather than the vision which Paul takes it to be.
Crew
- Director - Howard DaviesHoward Davies (Theatre Director)Stephen Howard Davies CBE is a British theatre and television director.Davies, the son of a miner, was born in Durham, England and studied at Durham University and Bristol University, where he developed an appreciation for the works of Bertolt Brecht.In the early 1970s, Davies worked extensively...
- Designer - Vicki Mortimer
- Lighting Designer - Paule ConstablePaule ConstablePaule Constable is a British lighting designer who won the 2005, 2006, and 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Lighting Design. She was also a nominee for four further productions and for a 2007 Tony Award on Broadway...
- Music - Dominic MuldowneyDominic MuldowneyDominic Muldowney is a British composer.-Biography:He studied at the universities of Southampton and York , and took private lessons with Harrison Birtwistle. From 1974 to 1976 he was composer-in-residence to the Southern Arts Association...
- Sound Designer - John LeonardJohn Leonard (sound designer)John Leonard is a theater and exhibition sound designer working in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States Of America.Occasionally uses his middle initial A to differentiate him from others in the entertainment field with the same name.-Biography:Born in Bristol, United Kingdom in 1951,...
Cast
- Mary MagdaleneMary MagdaleneMary Magdalene was one of Jesus' most celebrated disciples, and the most important woman disciple in the movement of Jesus. Jesus cleansed her of "seven demons", conventionally interpreted as referring to complex illnesses...
- Kellie BrightKellie BrightKellie Bright is an actress who is known for her roles as a child actress on British television in the late 1980s and the 1990s, and later in Bad Girls and The Archers.-Early career:... - NeroNeroNero , was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death....
- Richard DillaneRichard DillaneRichard Dillane is an English actor. He appeared as Merv, the husband of Margaret Humphreys in Jim Loach's fact-based movie Oranges and Sunshine, as Wernher von Braun in the BBC television docudrama Space Race, as Nero in Howard Brenton's play Paul at the National Theatre of GB and as Stephen... - Ensemble - Tas Emiabata and Eugene WashingtonEugene WashingtonEugene Washington is a British actor of stage and screen born in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.He was last seen on stage in 2010 playing the title role in Shakespeare's Othello in a 9 month world tour in a joint venture for American Drama Group Europe and TNT Theatre, which saw him perform to...
- Paul - Paul RhysPaul RhysPaul Rhys is a British television, film and theatre actor.Rhys was born in Wales and studied at RADA, leaving with the Bancroft Gold Medal in 1987. While there, he obtained his first major screen role, in Absolute Beginners . Since then he has seldom been off the stage and screen...
/ Adam GodleyAdam GodleyAdam Godley is an English actor.-Biography:Adam Godley has appeared in numerous movies including Love Actually, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory .... - James - Paul HigginsPaul Higgins (actor)Paul Higgins is a Scottish actor. He has appeared onstage in Paul, Black Watch and in the film Complicity....
- Roman Gaoler - Dermot Kerrigan
- Peter - Lloyd OwenLloyd OwenLloyd Owen is a British actor of Welsh descent. Trained at the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he is probably best known for his portrayal of Indiana Jones's father Professor Dr. Henry Jones, Sr...
- Yeshua (JesusJesusJesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
) - Pearce QuigleyPearce QuigleyPearce Quigley is an English actor of the stage and screen. His theatre credits include The Seagull ; Paul ; Journey's End ; My Night with Reg and Dealer's Choice ; Feelgood ; Blue Heart ; Shopping and Fucking Pearce Quigley (born Salford, England) is an English actor of the stage and screen. His... - Arab Trader - Howard Saddler
- Barnabus - Colin Tierney
External links
- Review in The StageThe StageThe Stage is a weekly British newspaper founded in 1880, available nationally and published on Thursdays. Covering all areas of the entertainment industry but focused primarily on theatre, it contains news, reviews, opinion, features and other items of interest, mainly to those who work within the...
- Interview with Brenton in The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...