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The Father
The Father
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Author: Florian Zeller Translated by: Christopher Hampton Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 67 Pub. Date: 2017 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0822236346 ISBN-13: 9780822236344 Cast Size: 3 female, 3 male
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About
the Plays:
The Father (English-language version of Le Père) is
a full-length drama by Florian Zeller, translated from the
French by Christopher Hampton. Andre is an aging man facing
persecution from all sides. First a "helper" steals his
favourite watch. Then his daughter Anne, a scheming woman who worries
too much, tries to take his apartment away. His daughter Elise, the
one he actually loves... where is she? The Father is
a tragi-comic mystery that is a
sobering look at the world through the eyes of a man experiencing
dementia, whose daughter desperately tries to care for him, as he
fights to maintain his autonomy and identity.
The Father is a funny, sad and poignant roller coaster ride
on a fight against dementia that twists and turns with all the
excitement of a taut thriller. You can't fool André. But there's
definitely something fishy going on. And while he may be eighty years
old and apt to forget things, they are only ever small things. He was
once a tap dancer who lives with his adult daughter, Anne, and her
husband, Antoine. Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in
London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing
his pajamas, and he can't find his watch. Why do strangers keep
turning up in his room? He is starting to wonder if he's losing
control. A touching, funny and unsettling mystery, The Father
is a deeply moving and unsentimental portrayal of the realities of
living with dementia.
Le Père premiered in 2012 at the Théâtre Hébertot in
Paris, was a hit in France, and won Best Play 2014 in the Molière
Awards (France's most prestigious theatre prize). Christopher
Hampton translated it into English as The Father, which
premiered in 2014 at the Ustinov Studio of the Theatre Royal in Bath,
England, transferred to the Tricycle Theatre, London in 2015. It
repeated the success and critical acclaim in the West End of London
at the Duke of York's Theatre in 2016 and on Broadway at the Samuel
J. Friedman Theatre in 2016. It was nominated for Best New Play at
the 2016 Olivier Awards and was The Guardian's pick for Play of the
Year in London, and nominated for two Tony Awards in New York,
including Best Broadway Play. The
play is regularly performed in regional repertory, college, and
community theatre productions.
Cast: 3 female, 3 male
What people say:
"“…harrowing…an
exceedingly ingenious premise…." — The New York
Times
"…hugely rewarding…a play
that constantly confounds expectations and works almost like a
thriller, with a sinister Pinteresque edge… full of guile,
particularly in the way it toys with time, yet is also simplicity
itself, and is never tricksy. [The Father]
constantly makes you question the truth and the nature of reality…
an astonishingly unguarded play about the cruelties of love and the
limits of patience, and the way child-parent relationships become
inverted as old age creeps up and mugs us." — The
Guardian (UK)
"…a super-smart, finally
heart-breaking play…[an] unqualified triumph…." — The
Daily Telegraph (UK)
"…devastating and
disorienting… The Father is one of those plays
that makes your brain hum with the unique potential of theatre…."
— The Independent
(London)
About the Playwright:
Florian Zeller is a French novelist and playwright who has
been hailed as "one of the hottest literary talents in France"
(Independent). He has written five acclaimed novels and eleven
plays.
Christopher Hampton is a
British playwright, screenwriter, director, producer, and a
consummate translator and adaptor of novels. He is perhaps
most famous for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses (based on
the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos), which won an Olivier Award
in 1986. He adapted the play for film and won an Oscar for the
screenplay. His theatre work includes the stage adaptation of Sunset
Boulevard for Andrew Lloyd Webber, which received Tony
Awards for both Book and Lyrics. He has translated a wide range of
works including classics by Chekhov, Ibsen and Moliere as well as
contemporary plays by Yasmina Reza and Florian Zeller. His long list
of screenplays includes A Doll's House, The Good Father,
Total Eclipse, and The Quiet American.
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