Question: Who did Jude Law portray in a play based on a story from the Book of Genesis ?

text: Jude Law
Theatre

David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He has received multiple award nominations including for two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two British Academy Film Awards. In 2007, he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government, in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts. Born and raised in London, Law started acting in theatre. After finding small roles in feature films, Law gained recognition for his role in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. He found further critical and commercial success in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Steven Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition (2002). He gave an acclaimed performance in the war film Cold Mountain (2003), earning him Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Law went on to star in several commercially unsuccessful films, including Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) and Alfie (2004). He then starred in romantic comedies Closer (2004) and The Holiday (2006) which were well-received. He also portrayed Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011). In the 2010s, Law appeared in Repo Men (2010) and had supporting roles in Contagion (2011) and the 3D film Hugo (2011).
Year Title Role Director Playwright Venue
1987 Bodywork Adrenalin  Richard Stilgoe National Youth Music Theatre production Northcott Theatre , Exeter ( The Exeter Festival ) Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1988 The Ragged Child Various roles  Jeremy James Taylor Frank Whately National Youth Music Theatre production Sadler 's Wells Theatre Northcott Theatre , Exeter Networked by BBC Television
1988 The Little Rats   Peter Allwood Jeremy James Taylor David Scott National Youth Music Theatre production George Square Theatre ( Edinburgh International Festival ) National Theatre of Northern Greece , Thessaloniki The Opera House ( The Municipal Theatre ) , Piraeus
1989 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph  Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice National Youth Music Theatre production Herriot Hall ( Edinburgh Festival Fringe )
1989 The Caucasian Chalk Circle   Bertolt Brecht National Youth Music Theatre production Edinburgh Festival Fringe
1990 Captain Stirrick Ned Stirrick Eileen Chivers Jeremy James Taylor David Scott National Youth Music Theatre production George Square Theatre ( Edinburgh Festival Fringe )
1992 The Fastest Clock in the Universe Foxtrot Darling Matthew Lloyd Philip Ridley Hampstead Theatre
1992 Pygmalion Freddie  George Bernard Shaw Tour through Italy
1993 The Snow Orchid Blaise Tim Luscombe Joe Pintauro Gate Theatre
1993 Live Like Pigs Col Kate Mitchell John Arden Royal Court Theatre , 1 October - 30 November 1993
1993 Death of a Salesman Happy Matthew Warchus Arthur Miller West Yorkshire Playhouse , Leeds
1994 Les Parents terribles Michael Sean Mathias Jean Cocteau Lyttelton Theatre
1995 Indiscretions Michael Sean Mathias Jean Cocteau Ethel Barrymore Theatre , Broadway , 27 April - 4 November 1995
1995 Ion Ion Nicholas Wright Euripides Royal Shakespeare Company production The Pit at Barbican Arts Centre
1999 'T is Pity She 's a Whore Giovanni David Lan John Ford Young Vic Theatre
2002 Doctor Faustus Doctor Faustus David Lan Christopher Marlowe Young Vic Theatre
2006 Beckett at Reading , Gala Evening  Anthony Minghella Samuel Beckett Concert Hall , Reading , 2 April 2006
2009 Hamlet Hamlet Michael Grandage William Shakespeare Donmar at Wyndham 's Theatre , 29 May - 22 August 2009 Kronborg Castle , Elsinore , 25-30 August 2009 Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway , 6 October - 6 December 2009
2011 Anna Christie Mat Burke Rob Ashford Eugene O'Neill Donmar Warehouse , 4 August - 8 October 2011
2013-2014 Henry V Henry V Michael Grandage William Shakespeare Noël Coward Theatre , 23 November 2013 - 15 February 2014