Federer Versus Murray
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 4, 2012
Closed Apr 22, 2012
Opened Apr 4, 2012
Closed Apr 22, 2012
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Comedy and tragedy collide in Federer Versus Murray, a powerful new play about bereavement and war on three levels: man versus wife, nation against nation, and Scotland's golden boy versus the Swiss master at Wimbledon. From a claustrophobic flat in Scotland to the Swiss Alps via Afghanistan we follow Flo and Jimmy on a painful, and at times farcical journey, complete with war-paint.
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In the commendably compact play Federer Versus Murray, now at 59E59 Theaters, the real match is not between the titutlar tennis stars, but between Flo (Gerda Stevenson, who wrote and directed) and Jimmy (Dave Anderson), a married couple who have suffered a great loss. What that loss is surfaces slowly as the tension mounts during the play's 55 minutes, so it won't be revealed here.
However, during the work's several scenes, Flo takes increasing exception to Jimmy's exclamations while he takes in the Federer-Murray contests he can't get enough of. She's also offended at his listening to the world news as well as clipping reports from the local newspaper on global occurrences, particularl[...]