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Pravda is a satirical play by David Hare and Howard Brenton exploring the role of journalism in society. It was first produced at the National Theatre in London on 2 May 1985, directed by Hare and starring Anthony Hopkins in the role of Lambert Le Roux, white South African media mogul. Labelled a "Fleet Street comedy", it is a satire on the mid-1980s British newspaper industry during the Thatcher era, in particular the Australian press baron Rupert Murdoch. Its title refers to the Russian Communist party newspaper Pravda. The play won 1985 Best Play Award from both the London Evening Standard Awards and City Limits magazine. It has been described as "one of the biggest hits in the history of the National Theatre." Original cast Andrew May - Tim McInnerny Bill Smiley - Richard Hope Bishop of Putney - Daniel Thorndike Cartoonist - William Sleigh Cliveden Whicker-Baskett - Guy Williams D P P Payne - Christopher Baines Donna Le Roux - Zoe Rutland Eaton Sylvester - Bill Nighy Elliot Fruit-Norton - Basil Henson Hamish McLennan; Hannon Spot - Fred Pearson Harry Morrison - Ron Pember Jack ‘Breaker’ Bond - Bill Moody Journalist - Robert Ralph Journalist - Paul Stewart Lambert Le Roux - Anthony Hopkins Larry Punt - Mark Jax Leander Scroop - Nigel Le Vaillant Lord Silk; Ian Ape-Warden - Olivier Pierre Michael Quince M.P. - Peter Blythe Miles Foley; Mac ‘Whipper’ Wellington; *Doug Fantom - Ian Bartholomew Moira Patterson - Patricia Franklin Newsvendor - Glenn Williams Photographer - Desmond Adams Princess Jill - Harriet Thorpe Rebecca Foley - Kate Buffery Sir Stamford Foley - Ivor Roberts Suzie Fontaine - Miranda Foster Waiter - Norman Warwick

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Pravda: Soviet and Russian newspaper · human settlement in Pervomaysky District, Altai Krai, Altai · village in Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality, Veliko Tarnovo ob · town and Jamoat in Sughd, Tajikistan

Pravda is a satirical play by David Hare and Howard Brenton exploring the role of journalism in society. It was first produced at the National Theatre in London on 2 May 1985, directed by Hare and starring Anthony Hopkins in the role of Lambert Le Roux, white South African media mogul. Labelled a "Fleet Street comedy", it is a satire on the mid-1980s British newspaper industry during the Thatcher era, in particular the Australian press baron Rupert Murdoch. Its title refers to the Russian Communist party newspaper Pravda.

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