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2 unusual facts about Scenes from an Execution


Scenes from an Execution

While a fringe production was staged in 2007 at the Hackney Empire, the play was later revived in 2012 by the National Theatre on its Lyttelton stage.

Scenes from an Execution is a play by the English playwright Howard Barker.


Fiona Shaw

In 2012, Shaw appeared in the National Theatre revival of Scenes from an Execution by Howard Barker.

Howard Barker

His play Scenes from an Execution, for example, centers on the aftermath of the Battle of Lepanto (1571) and a fictional female artist commissioned to create a commemorative painting of the Venetian victory over the Ottoman fleet.

Phoebe Nicholls

Most recently, she played the conniving art critic Rivera in the Royal National Theatre production of the Howard Barker drama, Scenes from an Execution.


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Howard Barker

Scenes from an Execution, originally written for Radio 3 and starring Glenda Jackson in 1984, was later adapted for the stage.