The River Author:Jez Butterworth "A tantalising cross between a piece of deeply felt poetry and a sleight-of-hand puzzle."?The IndependentOn a moonless night in August a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly-fishing since he was a boy. But she's not the only woman he has brought here, or indeed the last. A darkly absorbing play, ... more »the plot quickly thickens with tension and unease, echoing the works of Harold Pinter. The River made its US premiere in October 2014, in a Broadway production starring Hugh Jackman.A bewitching new play from the award-winning author of the Broadway hit Jerusalem.Jez Butterworth is also the author of Mojo, The Night Heron, The Winterling, Parlour Song, and Jerusalem. His plays have premiered in London at the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre and in New York City at the Atlantic Theater and on Broadway.« less