Background
Closer was first performed at the Royal National Theatre in London on May 29, 1997; it was the second original play written by Patrick Marber. Closer has drawn comparisons with Noël Coward's Private Lives, Harold Pinter's Betrayal, and Les Liaisons Dangereuses in its intricate focus on the politics of four people trading partners for lust.
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