Allelujah!
{{Short description|Play by Alan Bennett}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{other uses of|Allelujah|Hallelujah (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox play|name=Allelujah!|image=|caption=|writer=Alan Bennett|characters={{Unbulleted list|}}|setting=|premiere=11 July 2018|place=Bridge Theatre, London|orig_lang=English|subject=|genre=}}Allelujah! is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett.
Characters and cast
=Patients=
- Mavis - Patricia England
- Lucille - Gwen Taylor
- Hazel - Sue Wallace
- Mary - Julia Foster
- Cora - Cleo Sylvestre
- Mrs Maudsley - Jaqueline Clarke
- Molly - Jacqueline Chan
- Renee - Anna Lindup
- Neville - Louis Mahoney
- Joe - Jeff Rawle
- Ambrose - Simon Williams
- Arthur - Colin Haig
=Staff=
- Salter - Chairman of the hospital - Peter Forbes
- Dr Valentine - Sacha Dhawan
- Sister Gilchrist - Deborah Findlay
- Nurse Pinkney - Nicola Hughes
- Ramesh - a junior doctor - Manish Gandhi
- Fletcher - a junior doctor - Gary Wood
- Gerald - physiotherapist - Richie Hart
=Visitors=
- Colin Colman - Joe's son, a management consultant - Samuel Barnett (actor)
- Mrs Earnshaw - Rosie Ede
- Mr Earnshaw - Duncan Wisbey
- Andy - work experience - David Moorst
- Alex - documentary director - Sam Bond
- Cliff - camerman - Nadine Higgin
Nurses, healthcare assistants, social workers etc. were played by members of the company.
Production
The play opened at the Bridge Theatre, London on 11 July 2018, running until 29 September, directed by Nicholas Hytner, designed by Bob Crowley and choreographed by Arlene Phillips.{{Cite web|title=Allelujah!|url=https://bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/allelujah/|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Bridge Theatre|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Cast announced for Alan Bennett's Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/production-news/cast-announced-for-alan-bennetts-allelujah-at-the-bridge-theatre|access-date=2021-02-13|website=The Stage|language=En}}
The production was captured by National Theatre Live and was broadcast to cinemas worldwide on 1 November 2018.{{Cite web|title=Alan Bennett's Allelujah! to be broadcast in cinemas with NT Live {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/alan-bennett-allelujah-broadcast-cinemas_47280.html|access-date=2021-02-13|website=www.whatsonstage.com|language=en-GB}}
Film
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Allelujah is a 2022 film adaptation of Alan Bennett's play starring Jennifer Saunders, Bally Gill, Russell Tovey, David Bradley, Derek Jacobi, and Judi Dench, and directed by Richard Eyre.