Firstly an enthralling close up of the demons which drive compulsive gambler Then one of his best plays of sexual politic Lastly a drama set in a country house outside London on the eve of Labour's historic landslide in 1945. Three plays by multi-award winning playwright, Patrick Marber.[...]
Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williams' Streetcar, Mamet's Olea[...]
A new version of a world classic by one of Britain's best-known contemporary playwrights After Miss Julie relocates August Strindberg's Miss Julie (1888) to an English country house in July 1945. In this radical re-imagining of theatre's first "naturalistic tragedy" the events of Strindberg's origin[...]
1995 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and Writers' Guild for Best West End Play
Follows pottery teacher Cate Blanchett as she enters into an affair with one of her students, causing upheaval in both her personal and professional life.[...]
'Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williams' Streetcar, Mamet's Ole[...]
An accessible, informative and critical introduction to Patrick Marber's award-winning (and often studied) play.[...]
"Closer", emerges as one of the successful plays of 1990s, and one with a continuing afterlife through the academy award nominated film adaptation in 2004. This guide provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the play, giving students an overview of the background and context; analysis of th[...]