NPR: The last time Dame Helen Mirren and author Peter Morgan collaborated, it was for the movie The Queen, and she took home an Oscar. Now the two are working together again, this time on a play called The Audience. It's about the relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and her prime ministers. A hit in London, the play is opening Sunday at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway.
The Audience begins with a Buckingham Palace officer named "The Equerry," who tells the theater audience what it's about to see.
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Nothing comes to mind that is quite the same as Helen Mirren's tenure playing Queen Elizabeth II. What is interesting about it is not only Mirren's increasing correlation to the role in the public consciousness but also the breadth of interpretation there has been surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's life. Beyond this, I wonder what sort of sensation it is for Helen Mirren to continue playing this real, live person, particularly given that she has met with the subject several times and has somewhat of a personal connection with her. To return to fictionalizing this human being must be very strange, as well as rewarding given that she must have a great deal more to add to her own version of the character after her variety of experiences with the queen. In my mind, Helen Mirren and Queen Elizabeth II are intertwined in an interestingly unique way. What will be most interesting is to revisit the movie "The Queen" after watching "The Audience", observing the growth on both women's parts. <54-102> 54-102 54102 Eric Wiegand
I am extremely find of the idea that Mirren will continue her work on Queen Elizabeth and I am even fonder of the idea that Mirren only drew on the Queens disposition before her title as a more appropriate approximation of the queens disposition in a more personal environment. Genius. I also like the fact that the play will be updated in accordance with events in Parliament yet to come. Theatre speaks on real events that grow and change, it's nice to see that will be reflected in the show and not ignored. It makes the pursuit of telling a story seem on-going and unable to become stale. 54-102
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