Mercury Fur
by Philip Ridley

Name: Mercury Fur
Brand: Philip Ridley
SKU: 9780413775146
Rating: 4.01 (252 reviews)

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What readers are saying

Readers find 'Mercury Fur' to be a striking and disturbing play that explores dark themes in a post-apocalyptic setting. Many praise its masterful writing and unsettling yet poignant portrayal of human relationships. The play's graphic imagery and complex characters leave a powerful impact, although its intense content may not be suitable for everyone.

Darkly comedic and shockingMasterpiece of weird realismBrilliant plot and tensionCourageous exploration of dystopiaLanguage can be over the topNot suitable for everyone

Synopsis

Challenging new play by the enfant terrible of dark, disturbing drama

Elliot is panicking.

The party that he and his brother Darren have been planning has been brought forward - to tonight.

In a lawless, ravaged city, where memories of the past have been brutally erased, the boys and their team survive by realising their clients' darkest fantasies.

But just how far are they prepared to go in trading humanity for information?

As the light fades and events spiral out of control it becomes clear that on the success of the evening hangs not just their security, but their existence.

The world is at its worst...let the party begin.

Mercury Fur is a challenging new work containing some explicit scenes that may cause offence

Published to tie-in with the play's premier at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth and The Chololate Factory, London in February 2005, produced by Paines Plough.

"Philip Ridley is a singular writer, a prolific polymath, probably a genius, and the creator of some of the most peculiar, grotesque and compelling British plays (and films) of the last several years" Time Out