Red Noses

{{Short description|Play written by Peter Barnes}}

{{about|the stage play|the British charity that uses red noses as its symbol|Comic Relief|other uses|Red nose (disambiguation)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox play

| name = Red Noses

| image = Red Noses.jpg

| caption =

| writer = Peter Barnes

| characters = Father Flote
Father Toulon
Master Bells
Brodin
Marguerite
Rochfort
Frapper
Pope Clement VI bigod

| setting = 14th-century France

| premiere = 1985

| place = Barbican Theatre, London

| orig_lang = English

| subject = The Black Death, a Pope and a band of red nosed comics

| genre = Comedy

}}

Red Noses is a comedy about the black death by Peter Barnes, first staged at Barbican Theatre in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/j9/red-noses/production/20z|title=Production of Red Noses | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} 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 Floties, offering holy assistance.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/people-news/peter-barnes-1117907348/|title=Peter Barnes|first1=Matt|last1=Wolf|date=5 July 2004}} It was for this play that Barnes won his Olivier award.{{Cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1985/|title=Olivier Winners 1985|website=Olivier Awards}}

==Awards and nominations==