num_pages: 98
description: Love and sex are like it's not what you say that matters, still less what you mean, but what you do. Patrick Marber understands this perfectly, and in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the it is right up there with Williams' Streetcar, Mamet's Oleanna, Albee's Virginia Woolf, Pinter's Old Times and Hare's Skylight.' (The Sunday Times) "Patrick Marber's searing follow-up to Dealer's Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation." (Independent on Sunday)
language: English
title: Closer
titlecomplete: Closer (Methuen Modern Plays)
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, British Literature, Drama, Media Tie In, Romance, Classics, Contemporary, 20th Century
ratings_count: 4764
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Laurence Olivier Award
category: Best New Play, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Evening Standard Award
category: Best Comedy
publisher: Heinemann