Peter Barnes

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 God's Zanies, offering holy assistance. It was …

The Ruling Class is a 1968 British play by Peter Barnes. It centres on Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney, the 14th Earl of Gurney and attempts to cure him of insanity