Faber and Faber, 2005

Faber Drama

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Roles: Total (3), Female (0), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious...

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...How much would you pay for a painting with nothing on it? Would it be “art”? Marc’s best friend Serge has just bought a very expensive – and very white – painting. To Marc, it is a joke, and as battle lines are drawn, old friends use...

Faber and Faber, 2005

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 9, Roles: Total (6), Female (3), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Simon Weinberg is dead. And, on a November morning, six people gather at his funeral - brothers and a sister, lovers and in-laws. Mourning allows them a special privilege and, for a few hours, they are isolated in another world under...

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...Winner of the 2009 Tony Award®, God of Carnage is a brash and hilarious exploration of human nature. After one 11-year-old is hit by another, their parents meet to find a mature resolution. As the evening wears on, the veneer of civility...

Faber and Faber, 2005

Faber Drama

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Acts: 3, Roles: Total (5), Female (2), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Henri and Sonia have invited Hubert and Ines, for dinner. But the appointed evening finds Sonia is in her dressing-gown, their child screaming for a chocolate biscuit, Henri reacting badly to Hubert's casually barbed news and the immaculate...

Faber and Faber, 2008

Faber Drama

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Roles: Total (4), Female (2), Male (2), Unassigned (0)

...What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling...

Faber and Faber, 2005

Faber Drama

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Roles: Total (2), Female (1), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

...A famous author takes a train journey and sits opposite an unknown woman who's reading his latest book, The Unexpected Man. He observes her reading the novel but affects not to notice. Likewise, she pretends not to recognise that he...

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...Sir David Suchet and Dame Harriet Walter star in Yasmina Reza’s The Unexpected Man, translated by Christopher Hampton. A notorious author shares a train compartment with a long-time reader. But can they connect with each other through...