Game - by Mike Bartlett (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

The latest play from Britain's foremost playwright-provocateur, Mike Bartlett (Cock, King Charles III). In a housing crisis, a young couple are offered a home of their own. But at what price? Invasive and unnerving, this provocative new play invites us to spy on a family as they explore a dangerous new way to live. Game premiered at the Almeida Theatre in London in February 2015.

About the Author

Mike Bartlett is a multi-award-winning writer for both stage and screen. His theatre work includes: Juniper Blood (Donmar Warehouse, 2025); Unicorn (West End, 2025); The 47th (Old Vic, London, 2022); Game (Almeida, 2015); King Charles III (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2014); An Intervention (Paines Plough/Watford, 2014); Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theatre, 2012); 13 (National Theatre, London, 2011); Earthquakes in London (Headlong and National Theatre, 2010); Love, Love, Love (Paines Plough and Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2010); Cock (Royal Court, 2009; West End, 2022); Artefacts (Bush Theatre and Nabokov, 2008); and My Child (Royal Court, 2007). For television, he's worked on: Life, Doctor Foster, King Charles III, Sticks and Stones, Trauma, and Press.