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The Exorcist (play)

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The Los Angeles production received mixed reviews from the critics, but the audiences responded enthusiastically. Due to this, Pielmeier has stated that he has made a major re-write on the script in preparation for a second production.
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from 20 October 2017 for a strictly limited run until 10 March 2018. Seagrove, Bowles, Garcia, and Connolly returned to production with the majority of the Birmingham cast.
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into a play and soon met with Blatty. He then began working on a script for the play, in which the first draft was completed in ten days.
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Birmingham and West End production received mixed to positive reviews from the critics and audiences.
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Following the London run, a UK and Ireland tour began in September 2019 at the
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The play had its world premiere at the Gil Gates Theater at the
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as Father Merrin and David Wilson Barnes as Father Damien.
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from July 3 until August 12, 2012. It was directed by
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as Father Damien and Clare Louise Connolly as Regan.
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John Pielmeier
The Exorcist
William Peter Blatty
Geffen Playhouse
Los Angeles
John Pielmeier
the novel of the same name
William Peter Blatty
The Exorcist franchise
Regan MacNeil
John Pielmeier
William Peter Blatty
novel of the same name
Geffen Playhouse
Los Angeles
John Doyle
Scott Pask
Dan Moses Schreier
Sir John Tavener
Teller
Penn & Teller
creative consultant
Brooke Shields
Richard Chamberlain
Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Bill Kenwright
Sean Mathias
Anna Fleischle
Ben Hart

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