The River
by Jez Butterworth
2020-04-16 15:06:13
A bewitching play by Jez Butterworth, author of the global smash-hit Jerusalem. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2012. On a moonless night in August when the sea trout are ready to run, a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabi...
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A bewitching play by Jez Butterworth, author of the global smash-hit Jerusalem. Premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2012. On a moonless night in August when the sea trout are ready to run, a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly-fishing since he was a boy. But she's not the only woman he has brought here â or indeed the last... 'A delicately unfolding puzzle... all of it is wrapped in marvelous language... extraordinary.' The Times 'One of the best productions of the year... a magnetically eerie, luminously beautiful psychodrama.' Time Out 'Strange, eerie, tense... Butterworth possesses a singular talent.' Guardian
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