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God of Carnage

Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton
$15.00
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Full Length, Comedy
2 men, 2 women
Total Cast: 4, Flexible Set
ISBN-13: 978-0-8222-4547-6


This play is available as a Signature Acting Edition.
MIN. PERFORMANCE FEE: $130 per performance. SPECIAL NOTE: A required Production Package consisting of 4 Acting Editions, 2 Stage Manager Editions, 2 Director’s Editions, and a Logo Pack is required for production. A one-time nonprofessional fee of $230 (plus shipping and handling) will be added.
Recipient of the 2009 Tony Award® for Best Play

THE STORY: A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters.

Included in Broadway Book Club's Tony Award® Winners Pack
“[A] streamlined anatomy of the human animal…delivers the cathartic release of watching other people’s marriages go boom. A study in the tension between civilized surface and savage instinct, this play is itself a satisfyingly primitive entertainment.” —The New York Times.

“Elegant, acerbic and entertainingly fueled on pure bile. It’s Reza’s sharpest work since 'Art'.” —Variety.

“Brutally entertaining…in another of Christopher Hampton’s exquisite translations, [Reza] cannily manipulates social observations that appeal to vast audiences and creates characters that bring out the best in actors.” —Newsday (NY).

“Reza has established herself as a master [of] magnificently constructed plays.” —Entertainment Weekly.