After the End (play)
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| After the End | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Dennis Kelly |
| Characters | Mark (male) Louise (female) |
| Mute | A Guard |
| Date premiered | 2005 Traverse |
| Place premiered | Britain |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | in-yer-face theatre |
After the End is a psychological thriller play by Dennis Kelly which premiered in 2005 produced by Paines Plough at the Traverse (Edinburgh) and then at the Bush Theatre (London), directed by Roxana Silbert and starring Tom Brooke and Kerry Condon.[1][2] The play is in four parts, titled "Beginning", "Middle", "End", and "After the End".
- Louise - a popular young office worker
- Mark - her colleague from the reprographic department
Synopsis
Louise wakes up in an underground nuclear fallout shelter. Mark says he rescued her from the carnage of a nuclear attack, and brought her to safety in the old shelter in his garden. She finds he has kept it stocked with tinned chilli. Isolated from the world, he tries to strong-arm her, at first to play Dungeons and Dragons with him. This psychological battle escalates as the days pass.[3]
