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August: Osage County

By Tracy Letts

A hugely-acclaimed black comedy exposing the dark side of the Midwestern American family.

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tony Award for Best Play
Critics Circle Award for Best New Play

When the large Weston family is reunited in Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, they let loose a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets.

'one of the truly great nights of American theatre' Independent

'something special... a dramatic tour de force, first smouldering and then blazing with acrimony, appalling behaviour and vicious home truths' Telegraph

'fully deserves to join the roll call of classic American plays' Independent on Sunday

'a triumph' Sunday Times

'Sensationally entertaining...Tracy Letts' fiercely funny, turbo-charged tragicomedy is, flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years' New York Times

First Staged: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, 2007; National Theatre, London, 2008
Cast: 7f 6m

£ 8.999781848420250 - PB