In a Forest, Dark and Deep

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In a Forest, Dark and Deep
Written by Neil LaBute
Date premiered14 March 2011 (2011-03-14)
Place premiered Vaudeville Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
Genre Dark Comedy

In a Forest, Dark and Deep is a play by Neil LaBute. It received its world premiere production in the West End's Vaudeville Theatre on 14 March 2011 following previews from 3 March 2011, running for a limited season until 4 June 2011. The production starred Matthew Fox and Olivia Williams. A review in The Observer described the play as "[…] something approaching a conventional thriller [where] a college lecturer and her redneck brother meet in a log cabin in the midst of the wilds there's a whiff of incest. [1] [2]

The play had its American premiere at Profiles Theatre in Chicago, Illinois in April 2012 through 3 June. [3] The production stars Darrell W. Cox and Natasha Lowe and was directed by Joe Jahraus. [4] The Chicago Tribune reviewer wrote:"Interesting and formatively atypical, it strikes me as very much a meditation on what is and is not true, on the ease of rushing to misjudgment, and also a further manifestation of the longstanding authorial fascination with the close link between deep intimacy and dark violence." [5]

This production was followed by a Contemporary American Theater Festival (Shepherdstown, West Virginia) production as part of the 2012 Festival from 6 to 29 July 2012. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ Billington, Michael (March 15, 2011). "In a Forest Dark and Deep - review". The Guardian . Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ Clapp, Susannah (March 20, 2011). "Ecstasy; Flare Path; In a Forest, Dark and Deep – review". The Observer .
  3. ↑ Chicago Tribune (January 17, 2012). "Chicago Tribune". Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  4. ↑ Profiles Theatre. "Profiles Theatre" . Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ Jones, Chris. "Review. Twists and turns and a few stumbles in LaBute's 'Forest'" Chicago Tribune, April 23, 2012
  6. ↑ Contemporary American Theater Festival. "The Plays". CATF. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ Treanor, Tim. " 'In a Forest, Dark and Deep' at CATF" dctheatrescene.com, July 7, 2012


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