John
by Annie Baker

John Book Cover
John Cover

Synopsis

The week after Thanksgiving.

A bed and breakfast in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

A cheerful innkeeper.

A young couple struggling to stay together.

Thousands of inanimate objects, watching.

John, an uncanny play by Annie Baker, was first seen Off-Broadway in 2015.

The play had its UK premiere at the National Theatre, London, in 2018, in a production directed by James Macdonald.

Annie Baker's other plays include Pulitzer Prize-winning The Flick, The Antipodes, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Aliens, and an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.

She has won many other awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Grant.

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 5 total roles, 4 female and 1 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
2018
ISBN 10
1848427336
ISBN 13
9781848427334
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
112 pages
Language
English
LCC
PS3602.A5842
Print
John is a American murder and mystery play written by and published by Nick Hern Books in 2018. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9781848427334 and an ISBN-10 of 1848427336.

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