Jerusalem [Paperback]

“An instant modern classic” –Daily Telegraph

“One of the most exciting new plays in ages” –New York Times

“Jez Butterowrth’s gorgeous, expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy” –Observer

A Comic, contemporary vision of rural life in England’s green and pleasant land.

On the morning of the local county fair, Johnny Byron is a wanted man. Local officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants his full attention, and his motley crew of friends wants his ample supply of booze…

After its 2009 premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London,Jerusalemwon the Evening Standard Award for Best Play in 2009 and transferred to the West End in 2010. It opened on Broadway in April 2011 at the Music Box Theatre, with Mark Rylance reprising his award-winning performance as Byron.

Jez Butterworthis the author ofThe River, Mojo, The Night Heron, The Winterling, Parlour SongandJerusalem. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Somerset, England.

An instant modern classic  Charles Spencer,Daily Telegraph

FOUR STARS: A welcome blast of bracing fresh air. Tender, touching, and blessed with both a ribald humour and a haunting sense of the mystery of things.  Charles Spencer,Daily Telegraph

FOUR STARS: Jerusalem is a bold, ebullient and often hilarious State-of-England or (almost) State-of-Olde-England play.  Benedict Nightingale,The Times

One of the most exciting new plays in ages.  Ben Brantley,New York Times

Magnificent& a great frame-busting play that still exists solidly within a conventional framework. Jerusalem could have been written in l3