''Consent'' is a 2017 play by

Nina Raine Nina Raine is an English theatre director and playwright, the only daughter of Craig Raine and Ann Pasternak Slater, and a grand niece of the Russian novelist Boris Pasternak. She graduated from Christ Church, Oxford in 1998 with a First in Eng ...

. Its premiere production was at the National Theatre from 4 April to 17 May 2017. This run received positive reviews. In his 5 star review for ''

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'', Paul Taylor stated "One of Nina Raine's most enjoyable and intelligent plays yet. Unreservedly recommended." In his 4 star review for ''

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'', Dominic Cavendish described the play as a "tense, entertaining modern-day tragi-comedy... Is it worth seeing this ambitious would-be play for today? My much mulled verdict: yes, absolutely." The 2017 production was revived for a West End transfer in May 2018 with the same director ( Roger Michell) but a largely new cast and ran at the

Harold Pinter Theatre The Harold Pinter Theatre, known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011,

until 11 August.

Premiere casts

References

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