AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

By Cormac McCarthy

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd
on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, Inc New York.

From 22 October 2009

“… seductively written.”
New York Times

“From the opening lines, we know we’re in the presence of a writer of great skill and depth. McCarthy is a master of one crucial aspect of stage writing: dialogue.”
Time Out New York

“… the sort of fateful prose – grandiloquent but also grand – that enriches his novels.”
Vilage Voice

Cast includes Mark Kilmurry, Patrick Williams
Director Jennifer Don Designer Claire Moloney Lighting Designer Gavan Swift

A compelling and powerful play about compassion, faith and the value of life.

Award winning novelist Cormac McCarthy’s (No Country For Old Men, All The Pretty Horses) powerful, thrilling new play about two men trying to figure out the reason we live the way we live. A man has thrown himself in front of a train. Another man saves him. One man is black. The other white. Why did the white man try to kill himself? Why is the black man helping him? And ultimately who is saving who? Inspired by real life events the play asks the age old question: To be – or not to be?

Approximate running time 90 minutes

Season Details:

Venue: Ensemble Theatre 78 McDougall Street Kirribilli

Dates: Previews 22-28 October, opens Wed 28 October, plays to 12 December 2009

Performance times: vary throughout the week due to the double-up with the production of The Ruby Sunrise. Please see calendar for performance dates and times.

Prices: $39-$63 (a $4.00 booking charge will apply to phone and internet bookings)

Bookings: 02 9929 0644 or www.ensemble.com.au