{"product_id":"jerusalem-jez-butterworth-9781848420502","title":"Jerusalem","description":"\u003cp\u003eJez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn St George's Day, the morning of the local country fair, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron, local waster and Lord of Misrule, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a vengeful father wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates wants his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJerusalem premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in July 2009 in a production directed by Ian Rickson and starring Mark Rylance. It transferred to the Apollo Theatre in the West End in January 2010, and played on Broadway in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJez Butterworth's play won the Evening Standard Best Play Award and the Critics Circle and Whatsonstage.com awards for Best New Play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Unarguably one of the best dramas of the twenty-first century'\n\u003cbr\u003e - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tender, touching, and blessed with both a ribald humour and a haunting sense of the mystery of things... one of the must-see events of the summer'\n\u003cbr\u003e - Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Jez Butterworth's gorgeous, expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy'\n\u003cbr\u003e - Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Storming... restores one's faith in the power of theatre'\n\u003cbr\u003e - Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Show of the year'\n\u003cbr\u003e - Time Out\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Arguably the best play of the 21st century so far, a work whose importance and resonance has only increased since its premiere in 2009'\n\u003cbr\u003e - Whatsonstage (in January 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest New Play, Critics' Circle Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest New Play, WhatsOnStage Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest Play, Evening Standard Awards\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jez Butterworth","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43174273286387,"sku":"9781848420502","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781848420502.jpg?v=1662063920","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/jerusalem-jez-butterworth-9781848420502","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}