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Closer | |
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Written by | Patrick Marber |
Characters | Dan Alice (Jane Jones) Anna Larry |
Date premiered | 22 May 1997 |
Place premiered | Cottesloe Theatre London |
Original language | English |
Subject | A quartet of strangers in a sexual square dance in which partners are constantly swapped, caught between desire and betrayal. |
Genre | Drama, melodrama |
Setting | London, 1990s |
Closer (1997) is a dramatic play by British playwright Patrick Marber. It premiered at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in London in 1997 and made its North American debut at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on 25 January 1999.
It was adapted by Marber for the 2004 film of the same name, produced and directed by Mike Nichols.