The River E-Book

Jez Butterworth

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

On a moonless night in August when the sea trout are ready to run, a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly-fishing since he was a boy. But she's not the only woman he has brought here – or indeed the last. A bewitching story from the author of global smash hit Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth's play The River was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 2012.

Leseprobe

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Dedication

Epigraph

Characters

The River

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

The River was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London, on 18 October 2012. The cast was as follows:

THE MAN

Dominic West

THE WOMAN

Miranda Raison

THE OTHER WOMAN

Laura Donnelly

Director

Ian Rickson

Designer

Ultz

Lighting Designer

Charles Balfour

Sound Designer

Ian Dickinson for Autograph

Composer

Stephen Warbeck

Casting Director

Amy Ball

Assistant Director

Alex Brown

Special thanks to

Gillian Saker

For Joanna Butterworth (1964–2012).All our love, for ever.

‘At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;

Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,

But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,

Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,

Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,

There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.’

T.S. Eliot, ‘Burnt Norton’, Four Quartets

Characters

THE MAN

THE WOMAN

THE OTHER WOMAN

Setting

The cabin on the cliffs, above the river.

Note on Text

A forward slash (/) indicates interrupted speech.

This text went to press before the end of rehearsals and so may differ slightly from the play as performed.