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Proof
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w, 2m
In Proof, David Auburn has fashioned an exhilarating and assured play -a subtle and gripping exploration of loss, guilt, discovery, instability, and, ultimately, the elusive nature of truth.
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Cast Size
2w, 2m
Details
Summary
Catherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, Robert. When he dies she has more than grief to deal with: there's her estranged sister, Claire, and Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that Robert left behind. And a further problem: how much of her father's madness - or genius - will Catherine inherit?
Gwyneth Paltrow starred in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play which opened at the Donmar Warehouse in 2001.
History
- Time Period Contemporary
- Setting The back porch of a house in Chicago
Media
“Proof... a play about scientists whose science matter less than their humanity... All four [characters] — whether loving, hating, encouraging or impeding one another--are intensely alive, complex, funny human.” — New York
“An exhilarating and assured new play... accessible and compelling as a detective story.” — The New York Times
“Auburn has taken on some biggies here; what the link may be between genius and mental instability, why it is that lives get stuck, and how elusive the truth can be... [Proof's] level of accomplishment and the realness of its characters show that Auburn has both depth and a voice.” — The New Yorker
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £85 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
David Auburn
David Auburn is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays include Summer 1976, The Adventures of Augie March, Lost Lake, The Columnist and Proof (2001 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award). Film work includes The Girl in the Park (writer/di ...