A new edition of the award winning play from Bruce Norris about racism and property. Published alongside ithe Royal Court productions transfer to the Wyndhams Theatre in London's West End
1959. Russ and Bev are moving out of their desirable house in Clybourne Park. Their neighbours are alarmed because they have sold it to a black family. As the arguments rage and tensions rise, the real reason comes seeping to the surface - 50 years later, a young white couple are moving in to the same house, which has grown shabby over the years. At a meeting to discuss their planned improvements, the same but different racial resentments are once more uncovered - Clybourne Park has had audiences alternately rolling in the aisles and gasping out loud at its shocking home-truths and satirical accuracy as it puts the knife into middle-class hypocrisy. Critics lavished praise on what many are calling the funniest and sharpest play of the year.
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BRUCE NORRIS lives and works in Chicago. As well as The Pain and the Itch (Royal Court 2007), his previous plays include The Infidel, Purple Heart, We All Went Down to Amsterdam, and The Unmentionables, all of which have been staged by the world famous Steppenwolf Theatre. He is also an actor of stage and screen, whose credits include The Sixth Sense and Law & Order.
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An acerbically brilliant satire that explores the fault line between race and property.