Barry's fifteen minutes of infamy are overdue, and when laughter's your living...that's no joke.
Joe Penhall's previous plays for the Royal Court are PALE HORSE and
SOME VOICES. His other work includes BLUE/ORANGE (NT/West End -Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Awards), THE BULLET (Donmar Warehouse) and LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING (Bush). He has adapted THE LONG FIRM for TV and SOME VOICES and ENDURING LOVE for film.
Terry Johnson is an award-winning writer and director. He has written and directed HITCHCOCK BLONDE (Royal Court/West End), CLEO, CAMPING, EMMANUELLE AND DICK (NT) and DEAD FUNNY (Hampstead/West End) and adapted and directed THE GRADUATE (West End) and THE LONDON CUCKOLDS (NT). He also wrote INSIGNIFICANCE and HYSTERIA (Royal Court).
Design: Es Devlin, Lighting: Bruno Poet, Sound: Ian Dickinson.
Cast:
Rupert Graves (THE CARETAKER - Comedy; FORSYTE SAGA; CHARLES II; ROOM WITH A VIEW)
Douglas Hodge (THE WINTER TALE RSC/Roundhouse; THE CARETAKER Comedy; BETRAYAL NT; RED CAP TV)
Anna Maxwell Martin (HIS DARK MATERIALS, THREE SISTERS, HONOUR NT; LITTLE FOXES Donmar; NORTH AND SOUTH TV; ENDURING LOVE film)
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