Jez Butterworth Books

County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor.

The Webb Sisters are returning to their mother's run-down guest house in Blackpool, in a play by the author of Jerusalem and The Ferryman, premiered in the West End in 2024.

Jez Butterworth's play is a comic, contemporary vision of life in our green and pleasant land. It premieres at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 10 July 2009