Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth

Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth

Jez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land.

On St George's Day, the morning of the local country fair, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron, local waster and Lord of Misrule, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a vengeful father wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates wants his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.

Jerusalem premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in July 2009 in a production directed by Ian Rickson and starring Mark Rylance. It transferred to the Apollo Theatre in the West End in January 2010, and played on Broadway in 2011.

Jez Butterworth's play won the Evening Standard Best Play Award and the Critics Circle and Whatsonstage.com awards for Best New Play.

'Unarguably one of the best dramas of the twenty-first century'

* Guardian *

'Tender, touching, and blessed with both a ribald humour and a haunting sense of the mystery of things.. one of the must-see events of the summer'

* Telegraph *

'Jez Butterworth's gorgeous, expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy'

* Observer *

'Storming... restores one's faith in the power of theatre'

* Independent *

'Show of the year'

* Time Out *

'Arguably the best play of the 21st century so far, a work whose importance and resonance has only increased since its premiere in 2009'

* Whatsonstage (in January 2022) *

Jez Butterworth's playwriting debut, Mojo, was staged at the Royal Court in 1995, and was acclaimed as 'one of the most dazzling Royal Court main stage debuts in years' (Time Out). Since then his plays have been premiered at the Royal Court, at the Almeida Theatre and at the Atlantic Theater in New York. Jerusalem ran for two hit seasons in the West End, as well as on Broadway. His films include Birthday Girl, Fair Game and an adaptation of Mojo.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781848420502
ISBN 10	1848420501
Title	Jerusalem
Author	Jez Butterworth
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2009-07-09
Number of pages	128
Prizes	Winner of Best New Play, Critics' Circle Awards., Winner of Best New Play, WhatsOnStage Awards., Winner of Best Play, Evening Standard Awards 2009
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.