Jerusalem (Royal Court) - Softcover

Butterworth, Jez

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848420501 ISBN 13: 9781848420502

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2009

Synopsis

"[A] startlingly brilliant new play. . . . A tragic and hilarious vision of life in an English country community. Butterworth’s new work was the most talked about new work of the season."—The London Paper

About this title

About the Author

Plays include Mojo, The Night Heron, The Winterling and Jerusalem. Mojo, The Night Heron and Parlour Song have been produced in New York in acclaimed productions at Atlantic Theater Company. He has written and directed two films: Mojo (1998) and Birthday Girl (2002). In 2009 he wrote and produced Fair Game. In 2014 he co-wrote the screenplays for Edge of Tomorrow and Get on Up. He is writing the screenplay for London Calling, about the British punk rock band, the Clash. He has won two Evening Standard Awards and Olivier, Critics’ Circle, Writers’ Guild and George Devine Awards. In 2007, he received the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Review

“An instant modern classic” – Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph

FOUR STARS: “A welcome blast of bracing fresh air. Tender, touching, and blessed with both a ribald humour and a haunting sense of the mystery of things.” – Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph

FOUR STARS: “Jerusalem is a bold, ebullient and often hilarious State-of-England or (almost) State-of-Olde-England play.” – Benedict Nightingale, The Times

“One of the most exciting new plays in ages.” – Ben Brantley, New York Times

“Magnificent... a great frame-busting play that still exists solidly within a conventional framework. Jerusalem could have been written in almost any year from the 1920s onward. Yet this work takes you places ― distant, out-of-time places ― that well-made plays seldom do. And it thinks big ― transcendently big ― in ways contemporary drama seldom dares.” – Ben Brantley, New York Times

“Jez Butterworth’s gorgeous expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy.” – Susannah Clapp, The Observer

FIVE STARS: “An invigorating, yelping, defiant portrait of 21st century shires England.” – Quentin Letts, Daily Mail

FOUR STARS: “A wonderful, rollicking, dark comedy about contemporary life in rural England.” – Sarah Hemming, Financial Times

FIVE STARS: “Hilarious and/or gripping throughout.” – Caroline McGinn, Time Out London

“Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem is one big, messy, exciting, long play.” – Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle



An instant modern classic” Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph

FOUR STARS: A welcome blast of bracing fresh air. Tender, touching, and blessed with both a ribald humour and a haunting sense of the mystery of things.” Charles Spencer, Daily Telegraph

FOUR STARS: Jerusalem is a bold, ebullient and often hilarious State-of-England or (almost) State-of-Olde-England play.” Benedict Nightingale, The Times

One of the most exciting new plays in ages.” Ben Brantley, New York Times

Magnificent a great frame-busting play that still exists solidly within a conventional framework. Jerusalem could have been written in almost any year from the 1920s onward. Yet this work takes you places distant, out-of-time places that well-made plays seldom do. And it thinks big transcendently big in ways contemporary drama seldom dares.” Ben Brantley, New York Times

Jez Butterworth’s gorgeous expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy.” Susannah Clapp, The Observer

FIVE STARS: An invigorating, yelping, defiant portrait of 21st century shires England.” Quentin Letts, Daily Mail

FOUR STARS: A wonderful, rollicking, dark comedy about contemporary life in rural England.” Sarah Hemming, Financial Times

FIVE STARS: Hilarious and/or gripping throughout.” Caroline McGinn, Time Out London

Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem is one big, messy, exciting, long play.” Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848420501
• ISBN 13: 9781848420502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96