Proof
by David Auburn

Name: Proof
Brand: David Auburn
SKU: 9780571199976
Rating: 4 (19595 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins American

Why we like it

"A Pulitzer-winning drama about mathematics, madness, and inheritance. Four actors, one porch, and a plot that keeps audiences guessing. Ideal for intimate spaces."

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Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle Drama Desk Award Lucille Lortel Award Pulitzer Prize Tony Award

Winner! 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! Three 2001 Tony Awards, including Best Play Winner! 2001 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play Winner! Two 2001 Drama Desk Awards, including Best New Play Winner! 2001 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play

Synopsis

Reissued to coincide with the release of the film version which stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins and Jake Gyllenhaal

Themes Fathers--Death Mathematicians Man-woman relationships Mathematics Mathematicians--Drama Man-woman relationships--Drama Fathers--Death--Drama PS3551.U28 P7 2001

Press Reviews

"A play about scientists whose science matter less than their humanity... All four [characters] – whether loving, hating, encouraging or impeding one another – are intensely alive, complex, funny human."
— New York

"Captivating and thought-provoking."
— The Mancunion

"Auburn has taken on some biggies here; what the link may be between genius and mental instability, why it is that lives get stuck, and how elusive the truth can be... [Proof’s] level of accomplishment and the realness of its characters show that Auburn has both depth and a voice."
— The New Yorker