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''[[Jerusalem]]'' is a play by Jez Butterworth. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2009 before moving to the Apollo Theatre in 2010. It has received phenomenal praise, especially for its leading actor [[Mark Rylance]].
The three-act play unfolds over the course of a single day--St. George's Day, as a matter of fact--in the life of Johnny "Rooster" Byron, an eccentric ex-daredevil who lives in the woods outside a small town. He is surrounded by a cadre of misfits, including some local teenagers with whom he supplies drugs and alcohol. Over the course of the day, he receives an eviction notice from the city council officials, is visited by his ex and their young son Marky, and is confronted by local [[Jerkass]] Troy Whitworth about the latter's missing stepdaughter.
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* [[Badass]]
** Mark Rylance himself, for being able to get up on-stage and perform this ridiculously demanding role eight times a week for over a year.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The drum.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Played straight with Marky, subverted with the rest of the teenagers and their parents who like to pretend this trope applied to their own childhoods.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]
* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]
* [[Friend to All Children]]
* [[Genki Girl]]: Pea.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[The Munchausen]]
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]
* [[Only Mostly Dead]]
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Phaedra.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Lee, the restless dreamer who is leaving town to find himself, and Dave, the practical, unromantic working man who sees no reason to ever leave.
* [[Scenery Porn]]
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: A brutal example in the final act. 15 year old Phaedra orders Johnny to dance with her, but they {{spoiler|are interrupted by her brothers and sexually abusive stepfather, who spirit Phaedra away and beat Johnny to a pulp
* [[Titled After the Song]]
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[[Category:Theatrical Productions]]
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