Description
Part history, part wild fantasy, this darkly humorous new play illuminates the drugs debate that won't go away and examines the freedom we have to make our own choices in life, and death.
About the Author
Leo Butler was born in Sheffield in 1974. His first play, Made of Stone, was produced as part of the Royal Court Theatre Young Writers' Festival in 2000. His other plays include Redundant (Royal Court Downstairs, 2001), for which he was the winner of the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright; Lucky Dog(Royal Court Upstairs, 2004), and The Early Bird (Queens Theatre, Belfast, 2006), produced by Ransom Productions as part of the Belfast Festival. Other work includes two war plays for teenagers, Devotion (Theatre Centre, London, 2002) and Heroes (National Theatre, 2007), and I'll Be the Devil(Tricycle Theatre, London, 2008), produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Leo Butler lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Reviews
Butler's dialogue combines naturalistic chat, a musical sense of phrase and pause, and surreal episodes * Independent (on Boy) *
This lush, savage, nightmarish imagining of colonial Ireland circa 1762 suggests an imagination that has suddenly, gloriously and recklessly taken wing. * Time Out (on I'll Be the Devil) *
Leo Butler's fine new play brings teeming London on to the stage * Observer (on Boy) *
The influence of Beckett is clearly visible in Butler's new play, in which aimlessness is distilled with alchemical concentration into poetry. * Telegraph (on Boy) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350101241
Author Mr Leo Butler
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 88g