故事发生在1860年一个炎热的夏天，午夜时分，一幢豪华精致的别墅之中，肯特一家人陷入了沉睡，谁也不知道，在夜幕的掩护之下，罪恶和鲜血正浸润着他们甜美的梦。隔日，肯特家里发生的凶杀案震惊的整个小镇，人们纷纷猜测，会有怎样隐秘黑暗的勾当发生在这冠冕堂皇的表象之下。
名侦探惠彻（帕迪·康斯戴恩 Paddy Considine 饰）受雇介入了此案，然而，被破坏殆尽的犯罪现场、笨手拙舌的当地助手和没有留下一丝线索的高明犯罪手段令惠彻的调查陷入了困境之中。更糟糕的是，惠彻必须想方设法令肯特一家人相信，那位冷酷残暴的凶手，就隐藏在他们其中。

入围2020年柏林戏剧节十大关注剧目之一，时长约120分钟。
“My mother always said to Live Big.
Live as much as I could.”
Three generations of women.
For each, the chaos of what has come before brings with it a painful legacy.
“I have Stayed. I have Stayed – I have Stayed for as long as I possibly can.”
Writer Alice Birch (Revolt. She said. Revolt again, We Want You To Watch), continues her collaboration with director Katie Mitchell (2071, Ten Billion, Cleansed) following Ophelias Zimmer last year.
Anatomy of a Suicide is part of the Royal Court’s Jerwood New Playwrights programme, supported by Jerwood Charitable Foundation.
The Big Idea: writer Alice Birch and director Katie Mitchell will be in conversation post-show on Tuesday 13 June. Free with a ticket to that evening’s performance.
Dialogue Club
Thu 29 June, 8pm (free but ticketed)
Dialogue Club works like a book group: see the show in your own time, then come and discuss what you thought with other audience members over drinks. Hosted by theatre-writer Maddy Costa and producer Jake Orr (founder and artistic director of A Younger Theatre).
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
‘Birch has crafted a rich, haunting, technically dazzling script’
Andrzej Lukowski | Time Out
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‘Most productions require one viewing. Katie Mitchell’s staging of Alice Birch’s spellbinding and serious new drama is worth three.’
Maxie Szalwinska | The Sunday Times
★ ★ ★ ★
‘Hattie Morahan brilliantly vanishes... Adelle Leonce gives a beautifully judged performance... Kate O’Flynn is remarkable.’
Susannah Clapp | The Observer Read full review
★ ★ ★ ★
'This is a precise, cleverly staged and powerful drama supported by superb acting’
Ann Treneman | The Times
★ ★ ★ ★
'A sophisticated tapestry of generations and emotions'
Fiona Mountford | Evening Standard

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