The Countess (play)

The Countess
Poster for the original production of The Countess at the Greenwich Street Theatre (signed by the author and members of the cast)
Written by	Gregory Murphy
Date premiered	1999
Place premiered	Greenwich Street Theatre, New York City
Original language	English
Subject	Ruskin's marriage breaks down when his wife Effie meets artist John Everett Millais
Genre	Period piece
Setting	London and Scotland in the 1850s

The Countess is a play written by the American playwright and novelist Gregory Murphy. It recounts the break-up of the marriage of John Ruskin and Effie Gray, one of the greatest scandals of the Victorian era in Britain.

Written in 1995, Murphy's two-act drama premiered in New York in 1999, and transferred twice to ever-larger Off-Broadway venues. It later had a successful run in London's West End, and has since been performed worldwide.