Closer

London 1997:
First performed at the Royal National Theatre 22 May 1997.

Broadway 1999:
First performed in New York 9 March 1999.
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Rupert Graves, Anna Friel and Ciaran Hinds.  Directed by Patrick Marber. Music Box Theater, 239 W. 45th St., New York.

"The company of Closer, whom Marber is also directing, probably wouldn't find this admission terribly shocking. "Every time he gives me a note," says Hinds, the only cast holdover from the London production, "I say to him, 'You're cajoling me, you're seducing me. What am I to believe?' "
Read more.

Interview with Patrick Marber by Charles Spencer (7 October 1999)
Syndicated Press Interview. Read it

Read about Closer on IBDB.

National Theatre Podcast: Patrick Marber discusses his play Closer with fellow playwright Nicholas Wright. Right click on the icon and choose "save target as" to save the audio clip.

Review: Talking Broadway

Closer was made into a film in 2004, directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Natalie Portman as Alice, Julia Roberts as Anna, Jude Law as Dan, and Clive Owen as Larry.

Click on the photo below to read the article on Playbill.

Royal National Theatre Programme:
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