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The Censor

by Anthony Neilson
At The Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
The Duke of York’s
With Raquel Cassidy, Alastair Galbraith and Alison Newman

The Film Censor is the last line of defence between us and ourselves. He sustains a sanitized vision of reality. It is a lonely and thankless task until he meets the disturbed Miss Fontaine, with whom he embarks on a far from sanitised affair.

"His most provocative play yet....as clever and considerably less loaded than Oleanna, and as topical as Popcorn. It is more unsettling than both, but in its own weird, urgent way, almost beautiful...... an unsettling exploration of ways of seeing" - The Guardian

"a gripping, intelligent instalment by a writer who has been shockingly underestimated for far too long" -The Evening Standard

"Anthony Neilson's brilliant pyscho sexual allegory.... a profound and tragic vision of humanity and its bare, forked basics" - The Evening Standard"

" a haunting, shocking, healing performance, acted with perfect edgy intensity" - The Sunday Times

"The Censor ... a gripping brief encounter..... a moving parable of the critic and artist as a healing and finally tragic love story" - The Daily Mail

"Neilson's sensationally fine new play.....poignant, funny, brilliantly controlled and profound" - The Times


Awards

Time Out Award 1997 - Best Fringe Production

Writers Guild Award 1997 - Best Fringe Play