{"product_id":"jerusalem-by-jez-butterworth-9781848420502","title":"Jerusalem","description":"\u003cp\u003eJez Butterworth’s hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play – a comic, contemporary vision of life in England’s green and pleasant land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn St George’s Day, the morning of the local country fair, Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron, local waster and Lord of Misrule, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a vengeful father wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates wants his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJerusalem premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in July 2009 in a production directed by Ian Rickson and starring Mark Rylance. It transferred to the Apollo Theatre in the West End in January 2010, and played on Broadway in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJez Butterworth’s play won the Evening Standard Best Play Award and the Critics Circle and Whatsonstage.com awards for Best New Play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eUnarguably one of the best dramas of the twenty-first century\u003c\/em\u003e‘ — Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eTender, touching, and blessed with both a ribald humour and a haunting sense of the mystery of things… one of the must-see events of the summer\u003c\/em\u003e‘ — Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eJez Butterworth’s gorgeous, expansive new play keeps coming at its audience in unpredictable gusts, rolling from comic to furious, from winsome to bawdy\u003c\/em\u003e‘ — Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eStorming… restores one’s faith in the power of theatre\u003c\/em\u003e‘ — Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eShow of the year\u003c\/em\u003e‘ — Time Out\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eArguably the best play of the 21st century so far, a work whose importance and resonance has only increased since its premiere in 2009\u003c\/em\u003e‘ — Whatsonstage (in January 2022)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest New Play, Critics’ Circle Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest New Play, WhatsOnStage Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest Play, Evening Standard Awards\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47488012386540,"sku":"9781848420502","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71Rkk0FCF_L.jpg?v=1776025486","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/jerusalem-by-jez-butterworth-9781848420502","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}