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God of Carnage (originally Le Dieu du Carnage) is a Tony-award winning play by Yasmina Reza, first directed by Jürgen Gosch and performed first in Zürich on 8 December 2006. It was first produced in English in London on 25 March 2008 translated by Christopher Hampton. The play is about two pairs of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at school, who meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into chaos. In 2009, God of Carnage was given the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

Plot

Before the play begins, two 11-year-old children, Ferdinand Reille and Bruno Vallon play a game on their school playground which involves appeasing the “God of Carnage”. As a result, Ferdinand knocks out two of Bruno’s teeth with a stick. That night, the parents of both children meet to discuss the matter. Ferdinand’s father, Alain, is a lawyer who is never off his mobile phone. Ferdinand’s mother, Annette is in “wealth management” (her husband’s wealth, to be precise), and constantly wears good shoes. Bruno’s father, Michel, is a self-made wholesaler with an unwell mother. Bruno’s mother, Véronique, is writing a book about Darfur. As the evening goes on, the meeting degenerates into the four of them getting into irrational arguments, up to the point where they even bring up the topics of misogyny, racial prejudice and homophobia.
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