Joseph K (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Breathtakingly funny, expertly constructed and dripping with acid wit. --Evening Standard

Comedian and writer Tom Basden has re-imagined Kafka's nightmarish fable The Trial for the 21st century with a darkly comic play that brings out the original work's mordant humour and semi-surreal oddness. --The Stage

Basden crafts rib-tickling naturalistic dialogue (an argument about takeaway sushi is golden) and sets up some beautifully weird set-piece gags, such as K's attempt to use an inane CD-ROM guide to the law...if there have been more powerful adaptations of 'The Trial', few have been funnier. --Time Out

On the morning of his 30th birthday, Joseph K wakes to find he's under police arrest. He has no idea what he's alleged to have done, but is determined to clear his name. As he attempts to make sense of his situation and confront those threatening his freedom, Joseph K is thrown headlong into a fight against an invisible law. The play received its World Premiere in 2010 at the Gate Theatre London.