Closer [Paperback]

'Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williams' Streetcar, Mamet's Oleanna, Albee's Virginia Woolf, Pinter's Old Times and Hare's Skylight.' The Sunday Times

Patrick Marber's searing follow-up to Dealer's Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation. Independent on Sunday

This Student Edition comes complete with a full introduction, plot synopsis, commentary, discussion of the film version, bibliography and questions for study. It is the perfect edition for anyone studying the play at school or college.

The play focuses on the complex relationships, politics and morality of four people trading partners in search of love and lust. It uniquely blends elements of classical tragedy, classical comedy, and melodrama and challenges audience perceptions at every turn. Marber turns upside down romantic notions of love and sex uniting two people as one and the assumption that the absolute truth is healthy for relationships.

This Student Edition comes complete with a full introduction, plot synopsis, commentary, discussion of the film version, bibliography and questions for study. It is the perfect edition for anyone studying the play at school or college.

Love and sex are like politics: it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language: it is right up there with Williams'Streetcar, Mamet'sOleanna, Albee'sVirginia Woolf, Pinter'sOld Timesand Hare'sSkylight. The Sunday Times

Patrick Marber's searing follow-up to Dealer's Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation. l3Y