Why I wanted to make The Audience public
Every week, in a meeting shrouded in secrecy, the PM briefs the Queen about British politics. What influence does she exert? Who has she liked " and who made her nod off? Peter Morgan on how this strange tradition inspired his new playWhen I started writing the screenplay for The Queen, about the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana, both Stephen Frears, the director, and Andy Harries, the producer, begged m…