Jerusalem (2009) is a play by Jez Butterworth; it opened in the Jerwood Theatre of the Royal Court Theatre in London. The production starred Mark Rylance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron and Mackenzie Crook as Ginger. After receiving rave reviews, its run was extended. In January 2010 it transferred to the Apollo Theatre; it played on Broadway in the summer of 2011. The play has achieved wide acclaim: it has been described as "the greatest British play of the [21st] century" and one of the "best plays of all time". Butterworth's Jerusalem is not to be confused with the 2005 play of the same name by Simon Armitage. Synopsis On St. Georges Day, the morning of the local county fair in Wiltshire, Johnny "Rooster" Byron, local 'waster' and modern-day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his young son wants him to take him to the fair, Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates want his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.

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Notable quotes

“The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence, from Jerusalem, of a lunatic asylum.”
— Havelock Ellis, cited in
“Jerusalem-which sometimes feels like the frontline of an ongoing war”
— Shulamith Hareven 1985 interview in We Are All Close: Conversations with Israeli Writers by Haim Chertok (1989)
“Jerusalem. History weighs on everyone's back here, you schlep it around with the fabled tangerines and ripe persimmons.”
— Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz "I've been to Israel and Palestine" in The Issue is Power (1992)
“Living in Jerusalem and writing in Jerusalem is always a struggle, because the tension is huge, sometimes is even tragic. On one hand, is really disturbing, but, on the other hand, is a huge inspiration.”
— Zeruya Shalev, Interview (2014)
“Jerusalem does not become impure through touching; Jerusalem will not be split by the tribes.”
— Talmud, Yoma 12a
“God’s house in Jerusalem was meant to be a ‘place of prayer for all the nations’ (Isaiah 56:7; Mark 11:17); but God would now achieve this through the new temple, which was Jesus himself and his people”
— N. T. Wright, "Jerusalem in the New Testament" (1994)

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Notable quotes

“The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence, from Jerusalem, of a lunatic asylum.”
— Havelock Ellis, cited in
“Jerusalem-which sometimes feels like the frontline of an ongoing war”
— Shulamith Hareven 1985 interview in We Are All Close: Conversations with Israeli Writers by Haim Chertok (1989)
“Jerusalem. History weighs on everyone's back here, you schlep it around with the fabled tangerines and ripe persimmons.”
— Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz "I've been to Israel and Palestine" in The Issue is Power (1992)
“Living in Jerusalem and writing in Jerusalem is always a struggle, because the tension is huge, sometimes is even tragic. On one hand, is really disturbing, but, on the other hand, is a huge inspiration.”
— Zeruya Shalev, Interview (2014)
“Jerusalem does not become impure through touching; Jerusalem will not be split by the tribes.”
— Talmud, Yoma 12a
“God’s house in Jerusalem was meant to be a ‘place of prayer for all the nations’ (Isaiah 56:7; Mark 11:17); but God would now achieve this through the new temple, which was Jesus himself and his people”
— N. T. Wright, "Jerusalem in the New Testament" (1994)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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Jerusalem (2009) is a play by Jez Butterworth; it opened in the Jerwood Theatre of the Royal Court Theatre in London. The production starred Mark Rylance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron and Mackenzie Crook as Ginger. After receiving rave reviews, its run was extended. In January 2010 it transferred to the Apollo Theatre; it played on Broadway in the summer of 2011.

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Jerusalem (2009) is a play by Jez Butterworth; it opened in the Jerwood Theatre of the Royal Court Theatre in London. The production starred Mark Rylance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron and Mackenzie Crook as Ginger. After receiving rave reviews, its run was extended. In January 2010 it transferred to the Apollo Theatre; it played on Broadway in the summer of 2011. The play has achieved wide acclaim: it has been described as "the greatest British play of the [21st] century" and one of the "best plays of all time". Butterworth's Jerusalem is not to be confused with the 2005 play of the same name by Simon Armitage. Synopsis On St. Georges Day, the morning of the local county fair in Wiltshire, Johnny "Rooster" Byron, local 'waster' and modern-day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his young son wants him to take him to the fair, Troy Whitworth wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates want his ample supply of drugs and alcohol.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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