Dealer's Choice - (Modern Plays) 2nd Edition by Patrick Marber (Paperback)

About the Book

As the stakes get higher in Patrick Marber's critically-acclaimed debut play about compulsive gambling and addiction, the game turns savage... now no one's safe when everything's on the line.

Book Synopsis

Play the man, not the cards

Sunday night. Stephen hosts a weekly poker game in the basement of his failing London restaurant. All the usual suspects are there; the chef, the waiters, the errant son...but tonight a stranger has come to play.

Patrick Marber's acclaimed 1995 debut won the Evening Standard Award (Best Comedy) and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award (Best West End Play). Dealer's Choice has since been performed in more than 50 cities across the world.

This updated edition with a new introduction by Patrick Marber was published to coincide with the 30th anniversary production at the Donmar Warehouse in April 2025.

About the Author

Patrick Marber is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His first play, Dealer's Choice, premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London, in February 1995. It won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the Writers' Guild Award for Best West End Play. Closer premiered at the Royal National Theatre in May 1997. It won the Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and the Critics' Circle Award and Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play. Howard Katz premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London, in September 2001. Patrick Marber has also written extensively for television and radio including After Miss Julie (BBC, 1995). His recent work as a director includes Leopoldstadt (Wyndham's/Longacre - Broadway) for which he won a Tony Award for Best Director of a play.