The Prisoner's Dilemma is a theatrical drama written by David Edgar

David Edgar (playwright)

David Edgar is a British playwright and author who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1960s generation in Great Britain.He was resident playwright at the Birmingham...

. It was premiered in The Other Place Theatre by the Royal Shakespeare Company in July 2001.

Cast for the premiere included: Trevor Cooper

Trevor Cooper

Trevor "Trev" Cooper is an English actor.-Background:Cooper studied law at Kingston Polytechnic and graduated with a masters degree in law from the University of Warwick...

 (As Nokolai),
Larry Lamb

Larry Lamb (actor)

Lawrence Douglas "Larry" Lamb is an English actor who has worked frequently in television. He is best known for playing one of the greatest villains of British soap Archie Mitchell in the BBC television soap EastEnders, Michael Shipman in the BBC television show Gavin & Stacey and Mischievous...

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Joseph Mydell,
Robert Jezek

Robert Jezek

Robert Jezek is a Canadian film and television actor based in the United Kingdom.-Career:He is known for playing companion Frobisher in a range of Doctor Who audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions and based on the BBC television series Doctor Who...

,
Alan David

Alan David

Alan David is a Welsh television actor. Living in London, he is married with two sons.David was born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. He has had many television credits ranging from Coronation Street in 1973 to Virtual Murder , Honey for Tea and "The Unquiet Dead", an episode of Doctor Who in 2005...

,
Zoe Waites (As Kelima),
Penny Downie

Penny Downie

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Douglas Rao Al,
Robert Bowman and was directed by Michael Attenborough

Michael Attenborough

The Hon. Michael John Attenborough is a successful English theatre director. His parents are the actors Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough and Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough...

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