Helen Mirren, Michael Elwyn, Nathaniel Parker, Rufus Wright, Haydn Gwynne, Robert Hardy, Paul Ritter
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Helen Mirren, Michael Elwyn, Nathaniel Parker, Rufus Wright, Haydn Gwynne, Robert Hardy, Paul Ritter

at The Gielgud Theatre, London
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The Audience By Peter Morgan

For sixty years Elizabeth II has met each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a weekly audience at Buckingham Palace - a meeting like no other in British public life – it is private. Both parties have an unspoken agreement never to repeat what is said. Not even to their spouses.

The Audience breaks this contract of silence - and imagines a series of pivotal meetings between the Downing Street incumbents and their Queen. From Churchill to Cameron, each Prime Minister has used these private conversations as a sounding board and a confessional - sometimes intimate, sometimes explosive. In turn, the Queen can't help but reveal her own self as she advises, consoles and, on occasion, teases.

From young mother to grandmother these private audiences chart the arc of the second Elizabethan Age. Politicians come and go through the revolving door of electoral politics, while she remains constant, waiting to welcome her next Prime Minister.

The role of Queen Elizabeth II will be played by Helen Mirren.

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren appearing at this event

Helen Mirren is one of the best known and most respected actresses with an international career that spans stage, screen and television and has won…

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Michael Elwyn

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Michael Elwyn has been a prolific TV actor since teh 1970s, appearing in Crossroads, The Avengers, Doomwatch, and Colditz, and has played theatrical…

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Nathaniel Parker

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One of Britain's favourite actors, Nathaniel Parker will be best known to television audiences for his starring role in The Inspector Lynley…

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Rufus Wright

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Rufus Wright’s theatre credits include The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre, The Empire for the Royal Court, Private Lives for Hampstead Theatre…

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Haydn Gwynne, Robert Hardy, Paul Ritter

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The Gielgud Theatre

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London
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The Gielgud Theatre

35 Shaftesbury Avenue
London
W1D 6AR

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