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Diana

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 8m plus ensemble

Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music and Lyrics by David Bryan

It’s 1981 and the world is hungry for a royal wedding – but is the 20-year-old bride prepared for what comes after?

Diana

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 8m plus ensemble
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Biography, Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Diana

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Summary

It’s 1981 and the world is hungry for a royal wedding – but is the 20-year-old bride prepared for what comes after? Following her fairytale union, Princess Diana faces a distant husband, an unmovable monarchy and overwhelming media scrutiny. But her modern perspective and remarkable compassion galvanizes a nation, even as it threatens the royal family’s hold on England.

History

Act I

1. Underestimated – Paparazzi, Diana, Ensemble

1A. The Queen’s Entrance – Orchestra

2. The Worst Job in England – Palace Staff, Queen Elizabeth, Charles

2A. Mstislav – Orchestra

3. This Is How Your People Dance – Charles, Diana, Palace Staff

3A. That Was How Your People Danced (Playoff) – Orchestra

3B. Paparazzi Transition – Camilla, Paparazzo 1, Paparazzo 2

4. Snap, Click – Paparazzo 1, Paparazzo 2, Ensemble

4A. Snapped, Clicked – Orchestra

5. Whatever Love Means Anyway – Queen Elizabeth, Charles, Barbara Cartland, Camilla, Ensemble, Paparazzi, Paul, Palace Staff

6. The Wedding – Citizens of England

7. I Will – Diana, Charles, Citizens

7A. We Will – Andrew Parker-Bowles, Camilla

8. The World Fell in Love – Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Diana, Camilla, Welsh Citizens

8A. Post-Wales – Orchestra

8B. You Do Your Duty – Palace Staff, Diana

9. Simply Breathe – Physicians, Diana, Charles

10. She Moves in the Most Modern Ways – Queen Elizabeth, Sarah, Camilla, Charles, Paul, Colin, Ritzy Audience

10A. Transition to the Rage – Orchestra

11. Diana – The Rage – Charles

12. As I Love You – Diana

13. I Miss You Most on Sundays – Camilla

14. Pretty Girl – Diana, Sarah, Camilla, Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Photographers, Ensemble

Act II

15. Act II Opening – Here Comes James Hewitt – Barbara Cartland, James Hewitt, Citizens of England

16. Him and Her – James Hewitt, Diana, Barbara Cartland, Camilla, Charles

16A. Just Dance – Charles, Diana, James Hewitt, Colin, Ensemble

16B. The Visit – Orchestra

17. Secrets and Lies – Diana, Patients 1–3, Ensemble

17A. Transition to Kensington – Orchestra

18. The Main Event – Charles’s Friends, Camilla, Diana, Charles

18A. The Main Event (Playoff) – Orchestra

18B. Whatever Love Means Anyway – Reprise – Charles

18C. There Goes James Hewitt – James Hewitt

18D. Pretty, Pretty Girl – Reprise – Diana

18E. Snap, Click – Reprise – Paparazzi

19. The Words Came Pouring Out – Diana, Andrew, Camilla, Queen Elizabeth, Charles, Citizens

19A. Post-Words – Orchestra

20. I Miss You Most on Sundays – Reprise – Camilla

21. The Dress – Paul, Diana, Queen Elizabeth, Paparazzi

21A. Palace Staff Quartet – Palace Staff

22. An Officer’s Wife – Queen Elizabeth, Officers’ Wives, Naval Officers

23. If – Diana, Full Company

Keywords
Performing Groups

DIANA – Female. A young schoolteacher trying to find her way in the world
PRINCE CHARLES – Male. Regal and educated, old beyond his years, in desperate search of a princess
QUEEN ELIZABETH/BARBARA CARTLAND – Female. Charles' mother; doesn’t suffer fools. Doubles with Barbara, a romance novelist.
CAMILLA – Female. The love of the prince; no one’s idea of a princess
SARAH SPENCER – Female. Diana's older sister. 
PAUL BURRELL – Male
DIANA‘S BULTER
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH – Male. A Russian cellist.
COLIN – Male
CHARLES‘ SECRETARY
JAMES HEWITT – Male. Diana's lover, handsome.
ANDREW MORTON – Male. An author.

  • Time Period 1990s, 1980s
  • Setting

    Various locations in London. 1981-1997.

  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

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Joe DiPietro

Joe DiPietro
Joe DiPietro has won two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. Broadway: Diana (also on Netflix), Nice Work If You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara (10 Tony nominations, including Best Book and Best Musical), Memphis (4 T ...
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