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Girls & Boys
- Narrated by: Carey Mulligan
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Publisher's Summary
When they met at an airport, it was love at first sight. But in time, everything collapsed. As an unnamed but unforgettable woman muses on her life—from meet cute to marriage and parenthood—her recollections inexorably build to a devastating truth. In this shattering performance, Carey Mulligan, star of the critically lauded drama An Education, captivates audiences with playwright Dennis Kelly’s harrowing ruminations on family, ambition, gender, and violence. An acclaimed Off-Broadway play, the gut-wrenching world of Girls & Boys now thrives as an Audible Theater production.
After the play, this program includes an interview with Tony-winning playwright Dennis Kelly, who shares the inspiration behind his work.
Note: Girls & Boys is intended for a mature audience and contains graphic descriptions of violence.
Critic Reviews
“This is a one-person show. And what a person. Mulligan is extraordinary in Dennis Kelly’s gripping new play.” (The Observer)
“A devastating tour-de-force from Carey Mulligan.” (The Telegraph)
“Lyndsey Turner’s production is a knock-out. A Hollywood megastar holding her own in an experimental but somehow also massively crowd-pleasing solo show - this is pretty rare.” (Time Out London)
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- Keri Freeman
- 29-09-2021
Compelling
Shocking but thought provoking monologue performed by Carey Mulligan. The hard parts are near the end. Superbly delivered.
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- HP
- 20-01-2022
Wonderful performance and surprising plot
I was not at all familiar with this play and was certainly absorbed in every word.
Definitely worth a listen.
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- Raechyl French
- 25-01-2022
As good as the play
I saw this in NY in 2018 and Carey brings the fullness of theatre to this performance. Exceptional.
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- jdk
- 23-01-2019
Mulligan Now Warns Against Acting Monologues
Yep, it's topical and it needs to be discussed, but I didn't find Mr. Kelly's work convincing or to a standard required of its subject matter.
There are good lines, the monologue is often snappy and amusing, but that's my point. It's a cheap shot to suddenly turn as the play does. We're only given two precedents to provide insight into the focal events of the play. I would have preferred more detail and subtlety; impossible in the expostion of a single actor monologue.
I struggled with how the material is presented. I feel manipulated when a writer, dealing with such themes, doesn't start with the horror. Sure,
this would distrupt the flow of the plot, but is that really what we have here? Is this a case of the issue carrying the art? I think it can be done better. How? I dunno, perhaps like in Tom Holloway's Red Sky Morning?
Ms.s Mulligan and Turner do their best with the material. Production and perfornance are both excellent. On The Late Show with Mr. Colbert the other night Mr. Gyllenhaal said Ms. Mulligan warned him against doing a monologue. I wonder how she came to this opinion?
Despite its shortcomings Boys and Girls deserves to be read, or you could just read the news on nearly any day of any week and think for yourself what all this violence means.
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