'The only difference between me and the people judging me is they
weren't smart enough to do what we did.'
One of the most infamous scandals in financial history becomes a
theatrical epic. At once a case study and an allegory, the play charts
the notorious rise and fall of Enron and its founding partners Ken Lay
and Jeffrey Skilling, who became 'the most vilified figure from the
financial scandal of the century.'
Mixing classical tragedy with savage comedy, Enron follows a group of
flawed men and women in a narrative of greed and loss which reviews the
tumultuous 1990s and casts a new light on the financial turmoil in which
the world finds itself in 2009.
The play is Lucy Prebble's first work for the stage since her debut work
The Sugar Syndrome, winner of the George Devine and Critic's Circle
Awards for Most Promising New Playwright. Produced by Headlong, Enron
premiered at Chichester's Minerva Theatre on 11 July 2009 and opened at
the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September, before transferring to
London's West End Jan - May 2010 and to Broadway April 2010.