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Heroes

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  3m

Tom Stoppard, Gerald Sibleyras

Heroes
by Gerald Sibleyras
Translated by Tom Stoppard

"Tom Stoppard's contribution is of course his magnificent wit and choice of scintillating language." - Curtain Up Review

"Hilarious and moving...achingly funny and piercingly sad." - The Daily Telegraph

Heroes

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 2004 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy

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Summary
Heroes is set in August 1959 in a home somewhere in France for retired military men. The play takes place outside on a terrace in the garden of a convent hospital where Philippe and Henri are hatching a plan to escape.
Cast Attributes
Keywords
  • Time Period 1950s
  • Setting A terrace
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Gerald Sibleyras' 90-minute French comedy, given an elegant English gloss by is translator Tom Stoppard and the ironic title Heroes, achieves a seductive fusion of the comic, sad and absurd." Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard

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Authors

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard’s most recent play, Leopoldstadt, opened at Wyndham's Theatre in 2020 and transferred to Broadway in 2022. It won multiple Awards, including an Olivier Award and Tony Award for Best Play. He wrote his first play, Enter a Free Man, whilst working as a journalist i ...

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Gerald Sibleyras

Gerald Sibleyras
Acclaimed playwright Gérald Sibleyras was born in 1961 in Paris and his latest play is Le Banc. His most notable work is the 2003 Le Vent des Peupliers, which has been translated and produced in countries worldwide including the United Kingdom, Germany, Uruguay and now the Un ...
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