Red Noses is a comedy about the black death by Peter Barnes, first staged at Barbican Theatre in 1985. It depicted a sprightly priest, originally played by Antony Sher, who travelled around the plague-affected villages of 14th century France with a band of fools, known as Floties, offering holy assistance. It was for this play that Barnes won his Olivier award.==Awards and nominations==

Awards

• 1985 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

Original cast

• Alain Boutros - David Whitaker

• Archbishop Monselet - Raymond Bowers

• Attendant, Leper - Phillip Dupuy

• Bonville, Lefranc - Norman Henry

• Brodin - Pete Postlethwaite

• Camille - Rowena Roberts

• Charles Bembo - Derek Crewe

• Dr Antrechau, Patris - Peter Theedom

• Druce - Jimmy Yuill

• Evaline, First Leper - Sarah Woodward

• First Flagellant - Steve Swinscoe

• Frapper - Nicholas Woodeson

• Grez - Nicholas Farrell

• Jean le Grue - Bernard Horsfall

• Marcel Flote - Antony Sher

• Marguerite - Polly James

• Marie - Katharine Rogers

• Mistral, Bigod - Nicholas Bell

• Mme de Vonville - Yvonne Coulette

• Moncriff, Jacques B - Charles Millham

• Mother Metz - Yvonne Coulette

• Pellico - Don McKillop

• Pope Clement VI - Christopher Benjamin

• Rochfort - Richard Easton

• Sabine - Cathy Tyson

• Scarron - Brian Parr

• Second Flagellant - Philip Barnes

• Sonnerie - Jim Hooper

• Third Flagellant - Tony London

• Toulon - Peter Eyre

• Viennet, Vosques - James Newall

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