The newest play from Bruce Norris, author of the international hitClybourne Park, which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2012 Tony Award for Best New Play, among other honors. InThe Low Road, a fable of free market economics and cut-throat capitalism, a young entrepreneur sets out on a quest for wealth with priceless ambition and a purse of gold. Premiered at London's Royal Court in spring 2013.
BRUCE NORRIS lives and works in Chicago. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama forClybourne Park, which played at the Royal Court in 2011, Wyndham’s Theatre, London (Olivier Award, Best Play 2012) and Walter Kerr Theatre, New York (Tony Award, Best Play 2012), along with numerous productions across the United States. His previous plays includeThe Pain and the Itch,The Infidel,Purple Heart,We All Went Down to Amsterdam, andThe Unmentionables, all of which have been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He is also an actor of stage and screen, whose credits includeThe Sixth SenseandLaw & Order.
What a play... rich, turbulent and satirical. -Guardian
A romping, sprawling barnstormer. - LondonTimes
A roguish mix of Henry Fielding and Bertolt Brecht... laudably ambitious in scope and playful in style. -Financial Times
A punchy piece about the excesses of capitalism... plenty of stinging lines. -Evening Standard
A new play from Bruce Norris, author of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winnerClybourne Park.
What a play... rich, turbulent and satirical. -Guardian
A romping, sprawling barnstormer. - LondonTimes
A roguish mix of Henry Fielding and Bertolt Brecht... laudably ambitious in scope and playful in style. -Financial Times
A punchy piece about the excesses of capitalism... plenty of stinging linelƒE
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