The Audience | |
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Written by | Peter Morgan |
Date premiered | 15 February 2013 |
Place premiered | Gielgud Theatre London |
Original language | English |
Setting | Buckingham Palace Balmoral Castle |
The Audience is a play by the British playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan.[1] The play centres on weekly meetings, called audiences, between Queen Elizabeth II (originally played by Helen Mirren) and her prime ministers. It premiered in the West End in 2013, at the Gielgud Theatre. A Broadway production opened in 2015, also starring Mirren. A West End revival played in London in 2015 starring Kristin Scott Thomas in the lead role.