Review
One of the best new plays ever presented by the National Theatre. --Sunday Times
Fascinating, funny and sometimes deeply moving...Van Gogh would surely have recognised Wright's compelling theatrical portrait...This is biodrama of a high order. --Daily Telegraph
A brilliant portrait of the artist as a young man...Nicholas Wright's excellent play about Van Gogh's early years in London not only avoids the usual lust-for-lifery but offers a wholly believable portrait of the disruptive nature of artistic talent. --Guardian
Fascinating, funny and sometimes deeply moving...Van Gogh would surely have recognised Wright's compelling theatrical portrait...This is biodrama of a high order. --Daily Telegraph
A brilliant portrait of the artist as a young man...Nicholas Wright's excellent play about Van Gogh's early years in London not only avoids the usual lust-for-lifery but offers a wholly believable portrait of the disruptive nature of artistic talent. --Guardian
Product Description
Winner of the Olivier Award for BEST PLAY 2003.
Brixton, 1873. A brash young Dutchman rents a room in the house of an English widow. Three years later he returns to Europe on the first step of a journey which will end in breakdown, death and immortality. Based on the true facts of Vincent van Gogh's early life in London, Vincent in Brixton is about the transforming effect of love, sex and artistic adventure on unformed talent. It traces the birth of genius.
Brixton, 1873. A brash young Dutchman rents a room in the house of an English widow. Three years later he returns to Europe on the first step of a journey which will end in breakdown, death and immortality. Based on the true facts of Vincent van Gogh's early life in London, Vincent in Brixton is about the transforming effect of love, sex and artistic adventure on unformed talent. It traces the birth of genius.
About the Author
Nicholas Wright's plays include the acclaimed National Theatre adaptation of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Mrs Klein, The Reporter, Rattigan's Nijinsky and The Last of the Duchess. He lives in London.
