The Retreat from Moscow

{{Short description|Play by William Nicholson}}

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| writer = William Nicholson

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| characters = Edward
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Alice

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| setting = England, the present

| premiere = October 1999

| place = Chichester Festival Theatre

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The Retreat from Moscow is a play written by William Nicholson.

The play is about the end of a three-decade marriage and the subsequent emotional fallout. The title is taken from Napoleon's costly invasion of Moscow and the subsequent retreat. It was first performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in October, 1999.Nicholson, William. The Retreat from Moscow (script). Anchor, 2004. It was eventually produced in New York on Broadway at the Booth Theatre, on October 23, 2003 with John Lithgow, Eileen Atkins and Ben Chaplin, under the direction of Daniel Sullivan.

In 2019 the play was adapted by Nicholson into the feature film Hope Gap with Annette Bening, Bill Nighy and Josh O'Connor.