Frost/Nixon (play)

Frost/Nixon
Original poster
Written by	Peter Morgan
Characters	David Frost Richard Nixon
Date premiered	2006
Place premiered	Donmar Warehouse, London
Original language	English
Subject	The Frost/Nixon interviews
Genre	Drama

Frost/Nixon is a 2006 British play by screenwriter and dramatist Peter Morgan based on a series of televised interviews that former U.S. President Richard Nixon granted broadcaster David Frost in 1977 about his administration, including his role in the Watergate scandal.

Performance history

The play premiered at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London in August 2006, directed by Michael Grandage and starring Michael Sheen as the talk-show host and Frank Langella as the former president. Frost/Nixon received enthusiastic reviews in the British press. It then played at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End, again starring Langella and Sheen.

On March 31, 2007, the play began previews on Broadway. It officially opened as a limited engagement at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on April 22 and closed on August 19, after 137 performances. The cast included Langella, Sheen, Remy Auberjonois (John Birt), Shira Gregory (Evonne Goolagong), Corey Johnson (Jack Brennan), Stephen Kunken (James Reston Jr.), Stephen Rowe (Swifty Lazar/Mike Wallace), Triney Sandoval (Manolo Sanchez), Armand Schultz (Bob Zelnick) and Sonya Walger (Caroline Cushing).

TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago ran the play from August 21 to October 10, 2010.^[1]^[2]

In regional theatre, Frost/Nixon made its Ohio premiere at the Rabbit Run Theatre in Madison, Ohio. The U.S. Rocky Mountain regional premiere was directed and designed by John Thornberry for Longmont Theatre Company in Longmont, Colorado, and ran from November 4 to 19, 2011.

The show received its Philadelphia premiere with New City Stage Company December 5, 2013 to January 4, 2014. The show was a combination of the stage play and the screenplay for the film Frost/Nixon and received wide acclaim. Dan Olmstead, who portrayed Richard Nixon, received a Barrymore Award nomination, and Russ Widdall, who portrayed David Frost, received a citation from Philadelphia Weekly for one of the 2014's most notable performances.

Awards and nominations

Tony Awards

Best Play (Peter Morgan) (nominated)
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Frank Langella) Winner
Best Direction of a Play (Michael Grandage) (nominated)

Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding New Play (Peter Morgan) (nominated)
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Frank Langella) Winner
Outstanding Director of a Play (Michael Grandage) (nominated)
Outstanding Music (Adam Cork) (nominated)

Drama League Awards

Distinguished Production of a Play (nominated)
Distinguished Performance (Stephen Kunken) (nominated)
Distinguished Performance (Michael Sheen) (nominated)

Outer Critics Circle Award

Outstanding Broadway Play (nominated)
Outstanding Actor in a Play (Frank Langella) Winner
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Stephen Kunken) (nominated)
Outstanding Direction of a Play (Michael Grandage) (nominated)
Outstanding Lighting Design (Neil Austin) (nominated)

Feature film

Main article: Frost/Nixon (film)

Ron Howard directed a film adaptation of the play.^[3] The film was produced by Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Films for Universal Pictures. Shooting began on August 27, 2007.^[4] Langella and Sheen reprised their roles for the film.

References

↑ BWW News Desk (8 April 2010). "TimeLine Theater Announces Their 2010-11 Season". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved on 8 April 2010.
↑ "Night and Day, Remy Bummpo Theatre Company ; Frost/Nixon, TimeLine Theatre Company ; Theater Reviews by Terry Teachout - WSJ.com". online.wsj.com. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
↑ On-line interview with actor Michael Sheen
↑ "Arts Briefly", The New York Times, 1 May 2007

External links

Works of Peter Morgan

Television	The Jury (2002, 2011) The Deal (2003) Henry VIII (2003) Colditz (2005) Longford (2006) The Special Relationship (2010)

Film	Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998) The Last King of Scotland (2006) The Queen (2006) The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) Frost/Nixon (2008) The Damned United (2009) Hereafter (2010) 360 (2011) Rush (2013) Mercury (2014)

Shorts	Dear Rosie (1990)

Theatre	Frost/Nixon (2006) The Audience (2013)

Richard Nixon

37th President of the United States (1969–1974) 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961) U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953) U.S. Representative for CA-12 (1947–1950)

Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Nixon Doctrine "Bring Us Together" Economic policies Nixon Shock Tar Baby Option Environmental Protection Agency creation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space exploration 1971 National Cancer Act Vietnam War Cambodian bombing Paris Peace Accords "Peace with Honor" Silent majority Cold War period Linkage policy 1972 Visit to China Shanghai Communiqué Détente 1972 Moscow Summit Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty SALT I Treaty Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement Threshold Test Ban Treaty Endangered Species Act Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act War on Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration Enemies List list of opponents Operation CHAOS Watergate timeline White House tapes United States v. Nixon impeachment process Resignation speech Pardon Cabinet State of the Union Address (1970 1973 1974) Wilson desk Judicial appointments Supreme Court controversies

Life and politics	Presidential Library and Museum Richard Nixon Foundation Birthplace and boyhood home Checkers speech Kitchen Debate Operation 40 "Last press conference" Florida White House "La Casa Pacifica" Nixon Center Nixon v. General Services Administration Death and funeral

Books	Six Crises (1962) Biographical works and bibliography

Elections	United States House of Representative elections, 1946 1948 U.S. Senate election, 1950 California gubernatorial election, 1962 Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960 1964 1968 1972 Republican National Conventions, 1952 1956 1960 1968 1972 Nixon Presidential campaign, 1968 United States presidential elections, 1952 1956 1960 debates 1968 1972

Popular culture	Nixon goes to China (phrase) Millhouse (1971 film) Four More Years (1972 film) All the President's Men (1974 book) All the President's Men (1976 film) White House Madness (1975 film) Nixon in China (1987 opera) Nixon (1995 film) Dick (1999 film) The Frost-Nixon Interviews (2006 play, 2008 film) Our Nixon (2013 film) Elvis & Nixon (2016 film) Nixon in film and TV

Related	Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act Presidential Townhouse

Family	Thelma "Pat" Ryan Nixon (wife) Tricia Nixon Cox (daughter) Julie Nixon Eisenhower (daughter) Frank Nixon (father) Hannah Nixon (mother) Donald Nixon (brother) Edward Nixon (brother) Donald A. Nixon (nephew) Christopher Nixon Cox (grandson) Jennie Eisenhower (granddaughter)

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David Frost

Television	That Was the Week That Was (1962–63, 1964–65) Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1964–65) The Frost Report (1966–67) David Frost on Sunday (1986–92) Through the Keyhole (1987–2008) Breakfast with Frost (1993–2005) Frost Over the World (2006–12)

The Nixon Interviews	Frost/Nixon (2006 play) Frost/Nixon (2008 film)

Related articles	David Paradine Productions London Weekend Television The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) The Slipper and the Rose (1976)

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