Editing Amadeus (play) (section)

===Notable productions===
''Amadeus'' was first presented at the <!-- Did not acquire the 'Royal' prefix until 1988. --> [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], London in 1979, directed by [[Peter Hall (director)|Sir Peter Hall]] and starring [[Paul Scofield]] as Salieri, [[Simon Callow]] as Mozart and [[Felicity Kendal]] as Constanze. (Callow appeared in the film version in a different role.) It was later transferred in modified form to [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in the [[West End of London|West End]], starring [[Frank Finlay]] as Salieri.<ref>{{cite web|author=Josephdreams |url=http://frankfinlay.net/Theatre/Amadeus.html |title=Frank Finlay |publisher=Frank Finlay |date=2 July 1981|access-date=19 September 2011}}</ref> The cast also included [[Andrew Cruickshank]] (Rosenberg), [[Basil Henson]] (von Strack), [[Philip Locke]] (Greybig), [[John Normington]] (Joseph II) and [[Nicholas Selby]] (van Swieten).<ref>Hall, P, Goodwin J. ''The Peter Hall Diaries: The Story of a Dramatic Battle.'' Hamish Hamilton, London, 1983, p. 461, footnote 1.</ref>

The play premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on 11 December 1980 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]], with [[Ian McKellen]] as Salieri, [[Tim Curry]] as Mozart and [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] as Constanze.<ref name=IBDB>{{IBDB title|4083|Amadeus {{noitalic|(1980–1983)}}}}</ref> It ran for 1,181 performances, closing on 16 October 1983 and was nominated for seven [[Tony Award]]s (Best Actor for both McKellen and Curry, Best Director for [[Peter Hall (theatre director)|Peter Hall]], Best Play, Best Costume Design, Lighting and Set Design for [[John Bury (theatre designer)|John Bury]]), of which it won five (including Best Play and Best Actor for McKellen). In 2015, Curry stated in an interview that the original Broadway production was the favourite stage production that he had ever been in.<ref>{{cite web |author=Ian McKellen |title=Amadeus |url=http://www.mckellen.com/stage/amadeus/index.htm|publisher=Ian McKellen Stage|year=2008|access-date=26 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528180309/http://www.mckellen.com/stage/amadeus/index.htm|archive-date=28 May 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> During the run of the play McKellen was replaced by [[John Wood (English actor)|John Wood]], [[Frank Langella]], [[David Dukes]], [[David Birney]], [[John Horton (actor)|John Horton]] and [[Daniel Davis (actor)|Daniel Davis]]. Curry was replaced by [[Peter Firth]], Peter Crook, [[Dennis Boutsikaris]], [[John Pankow]], [[Mark Hamill]] and John Thomas Waite.<ref>Thomas, Bob. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19830120&id=NUUNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6917,3920865 "Hamill changes pace as star of ''Amadeus''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312093007/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19830120&id=NUUNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9G0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6917,3920865 |date=12 March 2016 }} ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]'', 20 July 1983</ref> Also playing Constanze were [[Amy Irving]], Suzanne Lederer, Michele Farr, Caris Corfman and [[Maureen Moore]].

In June 1981, [[Roman Polanski]] directed and co-starred (as Mozart) in a stage production of the play, first in Warsaw (with [[Tadeusz Łomnicki]] as Salieri), then at the [[Théâtre Marigny]] in Paris with [[François Périer]] as Salieri.<ref>Sokol, Stanley S. ''The Polish Biographical Dictionary: Profiles of Nearly 900 Poles Who Have Made Lasting Contributions to World Civilization'', Bolchazy Carducci Publishers, Wauconda, Illinois, 1992, p. 314</ref><ref>Darnton, Nina (21 July 1981). [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/21/theater/polanski-on-polish-stage-amid-political-upheaval.html "Polanski on Polish Stage Amid Political Upheaval"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220911233332/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/21/theater/polanski-on-polish-stage-amid-political-upheaval.html |date=11 September 2022 }}. ''The New York Times''. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012.</ref> The play was again directed by Polanski, in Milan, in 1999.<ref>Curti, Stefano (1 November 1999). "Roman Polanski-directed ''Amadeus'' Opens in Milan, Nov. 30", ''[[Playbill]]''. Retrieved 4 August 2012.</ref>

In 1982, [[Richard Wherrett]] directed a [[Sydney Theatre Company]] production at the [[Theatre Royal, Sydney]]. It starred [[John Gaden]] as Salieri, [[Drew Forsythe]] as Mozart and [[Linda Cropper]] as Constanze, with [[Lyn Collingwood]] as Mrs Salieri and [[Robert Hughes (Australian actor)|Robert Hughes]] as Venticello II. It ran from 6 April to 29 May 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amadeus|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/29958|website=www.ausstage.edu.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511035115/https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/29958|archive-date=11 May 2018|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref> Adam Redfield (as Mozart) and [[Terry Finn]] (as Constanze) appeared in the 1984 Virginia Stage Company production, at the Wells Theatre in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], directed by Charles Towers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278176/otherworks|title=Terry Finn|website=IMDb}}</ref>

The play was revived in 1998 at the [[The Old Vic|Old Vic Theatre]] in London, directed again by [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]] and produced by [[Kim Poster]]. Starring in the play were [[Michael Sheen]] as Mozart, [[David Suchet]] as Salieri, Cindy Katz as Constanze and [[David McCallum]] as Joseph II. The play subsequently transferred to the [[Music Box Theatre]], New York City, where it ran for 173 performances (15 December 1999 until 14 May 2000), and received [[Tony Award]] nominations for Best Revival and Best Actor in a Play (for Suchet's Salieri).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/complete-list-of-1999-2000-tony-award-winners-com-89729|title=Complete List of 1999–2000 Tony Award Winners|website=[[Playbill]]|access-date=24 January 2017}}</ref>

In July 2006, the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] presented a production of portions from the latest revision of the play at the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. [[Neil Patrick Harris]] starred as Mozart, [[Kimberly Williams-Paisley]] as Constanze Mozart, and [[Michael York]] as Salieri. [[Leonard Slatkin]] conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100886-Neil-Patrick-Harris-Is-Mozart-in-Hollywood-Bowls-Amadeus-Live|title=Neil Patrick Harris Is Mozart in Hollywood Bowl's Amadeus Live|publisher=Playbill.com|access-date=19 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015224135/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100886-Neil-Patrick-Harris-Is-Mozart-in-Hollywood-Bowls-Amadeus-Live|archive-date=15 October 2012}}</ref> [[Rupert Everett]] played Salieri in a production at the refurbished [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] from 12 July through 2 August 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/18/amadeus-rupert-everett-salieri-mozart-chichester-festival-theatre-review|title=''Amadeus'' review – Rupert Everett's Salieri darkly rages at God|last=Billington|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|date=18 July 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> The cast included [[Joshua McGuire]] as Mozart, [[Jessie Buckley]] as Constanze and [[John Standing]] as Count Orsini-Rosenberg. [[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]] played Joseph II. [[Peter Shaffer]] attended the play at the closing performance.

The play was revived at the National Theatre in London in a new production directed by Michael Longhurst, from October 2016 to March 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/amadeus-2016|title=Amadeus 2016 {{!}} National Theatre|website=www.nationaltheatre.org.uk|date=23 May 2016 |access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> It starred [[Lucian Msamati]] as Salieri alongside [[Adam Gillen]] as Mozart, [[Karla Crome]] as Constanze, [[Hugh Sachs]] as Count Orsini-Rosenberg and Tom Edden as Joseph II, accompanied with a live orchestra by the [[Southbank Sinfonia]]. The production sold out with rave reviews and returned to the Olivier Theatre at the NT with Msamati and Gillen reprising the roles of Salieri and Mozart from February to 24 April 2018, again with rave reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/oct/27/amadeus-review-national-michael-longhurst-lucian-msamati-salieri|title=''Amadeus'' review – stunning production pits Salieri against God, Mozart and his own orchestra|last=Billington|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|date=27 October 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/amadeus?queueittoken=e_priority23jan~q_7ad8c98a-4bbf-498b-b5fe-34d5b5ce4341~ts_1516712764~ce_true~rt_safetynet~h_b123a30a3364744a2b3e293371b8d6309b6535a7706c7dbf32af99aec57bec1a|title=''Amadeus'' 2018|website=www.nationaltheatre.org.uk|date=23 January 2017 |access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref>

The play was performed at the [[Estates Theatre]], where ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' made its premier in 1787, and where part of the 1984 film was shot, in 2017 for the first time in English in the Czech Republic, directed by Guy Roberts.<ref>[https://prague.tv/en/s72/Directory/c206-Art-and-Culture/n9992-Amadeus-to-premiere-at-the-Estates-Theatre ''Amadeus'' to premiere at the Estates Theatre – Prague TV report 27 June 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807230644/https://prague.tv/en/s72/Directory/c206-Art-and-Culture/n9992-Amadeus-to-premiere-at-the-Estates-Theatre |date=7 August 2019 }} accessed 4 August 2019.</ref> ''Amadeus'' was directed by [[Javad Molania]] in Tehran in March 2018 at Hafez Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Amadeus'' to go on stage in Tehran |url=http://www.honaronline.ir/Section-performance-3/115643-amadeus-to-go-on-stage-in-tehran |website=Honaronline |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Amadeus'' on Stage in Tehran |url=https://en.farsnews.ir/imgrep.aspx?nn=13970209000734 |website=[[Fars News Agency]]}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Peter Shaffer's Iconic Play ''Amadeus'' at Hafez Hall |url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/art-and-culture/84040/peter-shaffer-s-iconic-play-amadeus-at-hafez-hall |work=[[Financial Tribune]]|date=4 April 2018|language=en}}</ref> The play was directed by {{ill|Işıl Kasapoğlu|tr}} in Turkey in January/February 2020 at Uniq Hall Theatre, Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news|publisher={{ill|Tele1|tr}}|title=''Amadeus'' seyirciyle buluştu|trans-title=Amadeus meets audience|url=https://tele1.com.tr/amadeus-seyirciyle-bulustu-118898/|language=tr|date=13 January 2020|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> A new production, scheduled for December 2022 at the [[Sydney Opera House]], was announced in July 2022 with [[Michael Sheen]] as Salieri and [[Rahel Romahn]] as Mozart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/a-new-sheen-to-his-career/ | title=Rahel Romahn has a new sheen to his career }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/michael-sheen-to-star-in-amadeus-at-soh/|title=Michael Sheen to star in ''Amadeus'' at SOH|author=Jo Litson|date=12 July 2022|access-date=16 July 2022|magazine=[[Limelight (magazine)|Limelight]]}}</ref>