Synopsis
The Father - A Tragic Farce - Acting Edition
Florian Zeller trans Christopher Hampton
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 3 Female
Winner of France's highest drama accolade and given 10 five-star reviews from major critics, The Father - A Tragic Farce has been hailed as "The most acclaimed new play of the decade"
Now eighty years old, Andre was once a tap dancer
He lives with his daughter Anne and her husband Antoine
Or was he an engineer whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre?
The thing is, he is still wearing his pyjamas
And he can't find his watch
And he's starting to wonder if he's losing control
REVIEWS
★★★★★ "A marvel an unqualified triumph" ~ Daily Telegraph
★★★★★ 'Stunningquietly devastating' ~ Evening Standard
★★★★★ 'My play and production of the year' ~ Mail on Sunday
★★★★★ 'A wonderfully peculiar, quietly stunning depiction of dementia... a revelation, as sharp and surprising a play as you'll see all year' ~ The Times
★★★★★ "A play that constantly confounds expectations and works almost like a thriller, with a sinister Pinteresque edge" ~ Guardian
See also, The Father & The Mother
And The Truth