Woyzeck - NHB Modern Plays (Paperback)

'This really is one not to miss'

'An exceptionally powerful portrait of a man at the bottom of the heap, helpless and hopeless'

'A brutal interpretation for our times'

'Jack Thorne has sprinkled magic over Georg Buchner's elusive masterpiece... earthy, robust and admirably clear... this isn't an easy watch, but it certainly rewards audience effort'

'Shattering... makes Woyzeck more accessible while preserving its unsettling spirit'

'A thrillingly powerful triumph... as a picture of working-class men, this Woyzeck is powerful and effective'

'Explosive... an emotionally challenging, deeply unsettling must-see'

'A delirious Freudian dream, a parable of toxic masculinity'

'Thorne introduces shafts of humour amidst the gloom... [this] descent into darkness is completely absorbing'

'A ferocious play that grows exponentially in power as it progresses. It's the play that Woyzeck would have been, needs to be, if written in 2017... Thorne brings his pitch-perfect naturalistic dialogue to bear on a work that becomes about class, masculinity and mental health... though it's almost 200 years old, this feels like a new play, savagely laying bare an unequal world'