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The Night Heron
The Night Heron
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Author: Jez Butterworth Publisher: Dramatic Publishing (cover image may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 57 Pub. Date: 2005 ISBN-10: 0822219964 ISBN-13: 9780822219965 Cast Size: 1 female, 6 male
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About the Play:
The Night Heron is a full-length drama by Jez
Butterworth. Two
unemployed gardeners struggle to survive on pennies and poached
rabbits. Forced to take in a lodger, their private world is revealed
and turned upside down. A dark, funny, spellbinding play about a
group of outcasts and eccentrics gathered in the swampy marshlands of
England. From the author of the Olivier Award-winning Mojo.
The Night Heron tells the tale
of two gardeners battling an oppressive religious cult. The sighting
of a rare bird attracts attention to the bleak countryside east of
Cambridge University. The visiting birdwatchers cannot know what
dangers lie in the freezing darkness of the marshes where two
laid-off Cambridge University gardeners struggle to survive the
winter in a ramshackle cabin. Wattmore, bruised and bleeding, is
recording the Old Testament. Griffin arrives with fish and chips. To
help make ends meet, they enter a local poetry competition and take
in a female lodger, the intense and mysterious ex-convict Bolla Fogg,
who subsequently kidnaps a student at a Cambridge poetry society
meeting with the hopes of having him write the winning poem.
Meanwhile, the local townsfolk are stirring... one of the gardeners,
who has become involved in a mad cult religion, stands accused of
sexually abusing a young boy and the town is out for revenge.
The Night Heron was first staged in 2002 at the Royal Court
Jerwood Theater Downstairs in London. The American premiere was in
2003 at The Atlantic Theater Company off Broadway in New York City.
Cast: 1 female, 6 male
What people say:
"…dark, funny, spellbinding… A beautiful, haunting play." — The Sunday Times
"It's funny, it's sad, it's
haunting and it is also strangely beautiful. Best of all, it is quite
unlike anything you have seen before... Butterworth weaves together
his complex narrative, and moods that range from the absurdly
humorous to the downright apocalyptic, with beguiling skill. The
characterisation is deftly comic, the dialogue fizzes with wit, yet
there is depth and stage poetry here too." — The
Daily Telegraph
"Jez Butterworth's long-awaited follow-up to his dazzling 1995 debut, Mojo, is a tragicomic fantasy that feels like a cross between David Rudkin and Sam Peckinpah. Powerfully written and wonderfully imaginative, it is a fascinating play…." — The Stage
"A dark and probing examination of the dynamics of friendship and the human condition. The Night Heron is filled with interesting characters that reveal their secrets slowly and teasingly. It's provocative stuff…." — Next Magazine
About the Playwright:
Jez Butterworth is a leading English playwright,
screenwriter, and film director whose work is characterized by its
distinctive language, dark comedic themes, and lowlife characters.
His work has frequently been compared to that of his mentor –
playwright Harold Pinter – and to the films of Guy Ritchie. He has
won numerous awards for his work, including the E. M. Forster Award
from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Tom Butterworth and Jez Butterworth
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