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Low Road, The

  • Bruce Norris
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 12M, 6F, 1M or F
  • ISBN: 9781780013978

"Tis one thing to admire the inescapable cruelty of nature, friend, but quite a different one to encourage it."

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre
A young entrepreneur sets out on a quest for wealth with priceless ambition and a purse of gold.

Bruce Norris's play The Low Road is a startling fable of free-market economics and cut-throat capitalism. It was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in March 2013.

REVIEWS:

"What a play... rich, turbulent and satirical."

 The Guardian

"A romping, sprawling barnstormer."

 The Times

"A roguish mix of Henry Fielding and Bertolt Brecht... laudably ambitious in scope and playful in style."

 Financial Times

"A punchy piece about the excesses of capitalism... plenty of stinging lines."

 Evening Standard

Premiere Production: Royal Court Theatre, London, 2013.
  • Casting: 12M, 6F, 1M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Room for Extras, Expandable casting

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A young entrepreneur sets out on a quest for wealth with priceless ambition and a purse of gold.

Bruce Norris's play The Low Road is a startling fable of free-market economics and cut-throat capitalism. It was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in March 2013.

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