In a Forest, Dark and Deep - Softcover

Labute, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822229366 ISBN 13: 9780822229360

Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service, 2014

Synopsis

It was so simple, just a few little bits in his diary, files that he kept in longhand with all his thoughts and wishes and dreams.

Bobby thinks he's simply lending his sister a hand with clearing out her cottage in the forest. But it's a dark and stormy night and his sister has a secret.

I know it can't be that bad, whatever was the reason this guy left here in such a hurry...

In a Forest, Dark and Deep by Neil LaBute premiered at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, in March 2011.

About this title

Review

Praise for Neil LaBute:

"Neil LaBute is the most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today." --"New York Magazine"

"The play twists continually, and the truth is always one twist away. LaBute is such a skillful writer--edgy, funny, outrageous . . . " --"Financial Times"

"Very much a meditation on what is and is not true . . . and also a further manifestation of the longstanding authorial fascination with the close link between deep intimacy and dark violence." --"Chicago Tribune"

Praise for Neil LaBute:
"Neil LaBute is the most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today." --"New York Magazine"
"The play twists continually, and the truth is always one twist away. LaBute is such a skillful writer--edgy, funny, outrageous . . . " --"Financial Times"
"Very much a meditation on what is and is not true . . . and also a further manifestation of the longstanding authorial fascination with the close link between deep intimacy and dark violence." --"Chicago Tribune""

About the Author

Neil LaBute received his Master of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University and was the recipient of a literary fellowship to study at the Royal Court Theatre, London. He also attended the Sundance Institute's Playwrights Lab and is the Playwright-in- Residence with MCC Theatre in New York City.

LaBute's plays include: bash: latter-day plays, The Shape of Things, The Mercy Seat, The Distance From Here, Autobahn, Fat Pig (Olivier Award nominated for Best Comedy), Some Girl(s), This Is How It Goes, Wrecks, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times, In a Dark Dark House, Reasons to Be Pretty (Tony Award nominated for Best Play) and The Break of Noon. In the spring of 2011 his play In a Forest, Dark and Deep premiered in London's West End. LaBute is also the author of Seconds of Pleasure, a collection of short fiction which was published by Grove Atlantic.

His films include In the Company of Men (New York Critics' Circle Award for Best First Feature and the Filmmaker Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival), Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty, Possession, The Shape of Things, a film adaptation of his play of the same title, The Wicker Man, Lakeview Terrace and Death at a Funeral.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822229366
• ISBN 13: 9780822229360
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 58