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Luther (play)
Luther is a 1961 play by John Osborne depicting the life of Martin Luther, one of the foremost instigators of the Protestant Reformation. Albert Finney created the role of Luther, which he performed with the English Stage Company at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, the Holland Festival, the Royal Court Theatre, London, the Phoenix Theatre, London, and the St. James Theatre, New York.
The original West End run at the Phoenix ended in March 1962, after 239 performances there, when Finney had to leave the cast to fulfill a contractual obligation with a film company.
Luther won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1964.
The English Stage Company cast for the production at the Royal Court was:
The BBC adapted the play for television in 1965 as a Play of the Month.
Robert Shaw portrayed the title role in a 1968 film of the play, which was made for television and shown in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The play was made into a film in 1973, directed by Guy Green, starring Stacy Keach as Martin, with Judi Dench as Luther's wife Katherine, Hugh Griffith as Tetzel, Alan Badel as Cajetan and Maurice Denham as Staupitz.
A 2001 revival at the National Theatre, London, directed by Peter Gill, featured Rufus Sewell in the title role, with Richard Griffiths as Tetzel, Malcolm Sinclair as Cajetan and Timothy West as Staupitz.
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Luther (play)
Luther is a 1961 play by John Osborne depicting the life of Martin Luther, one of the foremost instigators of the Protestant Reformation. Albert Finney created the role of Luther, which he performed with the English Stage Company at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, the Holland Festival, the Royal Court Theatre, London, the Phoenix Theatre, London, and the St. James Theatre, New York.
The original West End run at the Phoenix ended in March 1962, after 239 performances there, when Finney had to leave the cast to fulfill a contractual obligation with a film company.
Luther won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1964.
The English Stage Company cast for the production at the Royal Court was:
The BBC adapted the play for television in 1965 as a Play of the Month.
Robert Shaw portrayed the title role in a 1968 film of the play, which was made for television and shown in the United Kingdom and the United States.
The play was made into a film in 1973, directed by Guy Green, starring Stacy Keach as Martin, with Judi Dench as Luther's wife Katherine, Hugh Griffith as Tetzel, Alan Badel as Cajetan and Maurice Denham as Staupitz.
A 2001 revival at the National Theatre, London, directed by Peter Gill, featured Rufus Sewell in the title role, with Richard Griffiths as Tetzel, Malcolm Sinclair as Cajetan and Timothy West as Staupitz.