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In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow of the offenses they committed. A man shows up to confront his childhood abuser--but does he want closure or retribution?
Bruce Norris's new play Downstate zeroes in on the limits of our compassion and what happens when society deems anyone beyond forgiveness.
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Bruce Norris is an American actor and playwright associated with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company of Chicago.
His plays include: Downstate (Steppenwolf, 2018; National Theatre, 2019); The Low Road (Royal Court Theatre, 2013); Clybourne Park (New York, 2010; Royal Court Theatre, 2010); The Pain and the Itch (Steppenwolf, 2005; Royal Court Theatre, 2007) and Purple Heart (Steppenwolf, 2002).
His play Clybourne Park won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
"A great, squirmy moral-thrill-ride of a play by Bruce Norris...in some ways his most serious, successful and difficult work." – The New York Times
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- Publication date2019
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. In downstate Illinois, four men convicted of sex crimes against minors share a group home where they live out their lives in the shadow of the offences they committed. A man shows up to confront his childhood abuser but does he want closure or retribution?Bruce Norris's provocative play Downstate zeroes in on the limits of our compassion and what happens when society deems anyone beyond forgiveness.Downstate received its UK premiere at the National Theatre, London, in March 2019, in the same production which had its world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, in September 2018.'You can hear a pin-drop for most of the evening except when you are laughing in shock or reeling in surprise. an astonishing piece of writing, which fulfils art's profound function of making you look and think hard about complex, difficult moral issues WhatsOnStage'A haunting vision of sex abuse by a playwright with a gift for unsettling Norris handles the subject matter nimbly an uncomfortable experience, flecked with humour but bleak and haunting. It raises deeply awkward questions about revenge, revulsion and forgiveness' Evening Standard'A smart, acutely funny, important piece of work Bruce Norris has a lightness of touch which prevents the grim subject matter from a descent into preachiness in an arena where reasoned debate is routinely shouted down, Bruce Norris has proved to be a necessary voice' Telegraph'An unsentimental act of compassion and a devastating entertainment, a wry polemic and the darkest of dark comedies' Chicago Reader'[An] audacious, highly charged play' Daily Herald A provocative play about four men convicted of sex crimes, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Clybourne Park. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781848428195
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