The Designated Mourner

The Designated Mourner (1997)

Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judy's father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view.

Date of release
1997-05-23
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama
Director
David Hare

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

The Designated Mourner is a play written by Wallace Shawn in 1996.

Productions

The play made its world premiere on April 18, 1996 at the Royal National Theatre in London under the direction of David Hare. The cast included Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson and David de Keyser.

The North American premiere of The Designated Mourner was staged in March 1997 by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, directed by Les Waters, with David Shapiro as Jack, Martha Lavey as Judy, and Nicholas Rudall as Howard. The play was then staged at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto beginning September 16, 1997, under the direction of Daniel Brooks.

Andre Gregory subsequently directed a stage production in New York City in 2000 and a radio play, both of which featured Wallace Shawn as Jack, Deborah Eisenberg as Judy, and Larry Pine as Howard. The play was revived in 2017 at Redcat (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater). The production was directed by André Gregory, featuring the same cast from the New York production, and was presented by Alex Westerman.

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