Play Details
Context
Artistic Director
Ian Rickson
Dates Performed
Friday 5th November 2004
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Form
Play Details
Synopsis
Eddie, a blue-collar husband and father, is lured into an online relationship with Arnold, a manipulative teenage boy. Arnold coerces Eddie into making explicit videos and ultimately arranges a real-life encounter at the Staten Island dump.
Through its gritty realism and shocking plot developments, the play exposes the dangers of online relationships and how a happy family can be violently disrupted by deception and manipulation. Wilder’s tragic drama dissects issues of masculinity, sexuality, family, the internet’s subversive dangers, and the dire consequences when boundaries are crossed.
Cast & Creative
Cast
Phil Daniels
Cast
John Sharian
Cast
Matt Smith
Cast
Nicola Walker
Designer
Ultz
Lighting
Ultz
Lighting
Trevor Wallace
Sound
Scott Myers
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