Versailles (play)

{{Short description|Play by the Welsh playwright Peter Gill}}

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Versailles is a 2014 play by the Welsh playwright Peter Gill. It deals with the aftermath of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, marking the centenary of the war's outbreak.{{cite web |title=Versailles review – five stars for Peter Gill's new play {{!}} Peter Gill {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/feb/28/versailles-1919-peter-gill-billington-review |website=theguardian.com |access-date=11 March 2019}}

The premiere production was at the Donmar Warehouse from 20 February to 5 April 2014, directed by the playwright himself and with a cast including Gwilym Lee,{{cite web |last1=Dowd |first1=Vincent |title=Versailles play not a history lesson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26383478 |website=BBC News |access-date=11 March 2019 |date=28 February 2014}} Helen Bradbury, Barbara Flynn, Tom Hughes, Tamla Kari, Josh O'Connor,{{cite web |last1=Benedict |first1=David |title=London Theater Review: 'Versailles' |url=https://variety.com/2014/legit/reviews/london-theater-review-versailles-1201124639/ |website=Variety |access-date=11 March 2019 |language=en |date=3 March 2014}} Simon Williams and Eleanor Yates.{{cite web |title=Plays cast: Francesca Annis in Donmar's Versailles and complete casting for Hampstead's Rapture, Blister, Burn {{!}} WhatsOnStage |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/plays-cast-francesca-annis-in-donmars-versailles-a_32823.html |website=www.whatsonstage.com |access-date=11 March 2019}}