Butley | |
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Written by | Simon Gray |
Date premiered | 14 July 1971 |
Place premiered | Criterion Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | An office in a London university |
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Butley is a play by Simon Gray set in the office of an English lecturer at a university in London, England.[1] The title character, a T. S. Eliot scholar, is an alcoholic who loses his wife and his close friend and colleague – and possibly male lover – on the same day.[2] The action of the dark comedy takes place over several hours on the same day during which he bullies students, friends and colleagues while falling apart at the seams.[3] The play won the 1971 Evening Standard Award for Best Play.[4]
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