Closer is the third play written by English playwright Patrick Marber. The play was premiered at the Royal National Theatre's Cottesloe Theatre in London in 1997, and made its North American debut at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway on 25 January 1999.

Background

Closer was first performed at the Royal National Theatre in London 22nd of May, 1997; it was the third play written by Patrick Marber. Closer has drawn comparisons with Harold Pinter’s Betrayal and Les Liaisons Dangereuses in its intricate focus on the politics of four people trading partners for lust.Brustein, Robert. "ON THEATER: TWO MORAL X-RAYS - Patrick Marber's Closer and Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth Put Contemporary Life on Stage--and It Isn't Pretty." The New Republic. (1999): 36.