People is a play by the English playwright Alan Bennett.

Cast and characters edit

Character National Theatre cast (2012) UK tour cast (2013)
Theodore Peter Egan Paul Moriarty
Dorothy Stacpoole Frances de la Tour Siân Phillips
Bevan Miles Jupp Simon Bubb
Iris Linda Bassett Brigit Forsyth
June Stacpoole Selina Cadell
Ralph Lumsdem Nicholas Le Prevost Michael Thomas
Bishop Andy de la Tour
Bruce Alistair Parker Ieuan Rhys
Louise Fraces Ashman
Nigel Giles Cooper
Les Jack Chissick
Colin Robin Pearce
Brit Jess Murphy
Ensemble Ellie Burrow

Philip Childs

Carole Dance

Barbara Kirby

Alexander Warner

Production history edit

The play premiered in the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre, London on 31 October 2012, running until 5 March 2013. The production was directed by Nicholas Hytner and designed by Bob Crowley and starred Frances de la Tour, Nicholas le Prevost, Peter Egan and Linda Bassett in the cast. The play was captured by National Theatre Live and broadcast to cinemas worldwide on 21 March 2013.[1][2][3]

A UK tour starring Siân Phillips, Brigit Forsyth and Selina Cadell opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre from 3 to 21 September, before touring to Leicester Curve (24 to 28 September), Norwich Theatre Royal (1 – 5 October), Lowry Theatre, Salford (15 to 19 October), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (22 to 26 October), Milton Keynes Theatre (29 October to 2 November), Leeds Grand Theatre (5 to 9 November) ending at Plymouth Theatre Royal (12 to 16 November).[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "People – review". The Guardian. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Alan Bennett's People, National Theatre, review". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ Evening Standard review
  4. ^ "People on tour | Alan Bennett's comedy tours England from September 2013". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.