Augustine Early, a crooked journalist, has made an art of clawing his way up the professional ladder. When he turns a politician’s tawdry predilections into front-page news, the scandal threatens to undo the one person he thought was immune. A searing and hilarious play about the perfect headline, whatever the cost.
… the gutter-lyrical fireworks of the rogue male ego… a compelling voice…Time Out (London)
…The Atheist is not to be condemned but savouredCurtain Up
… accomplishes the Olympian task of making an utter bastard compelling.Variety
Viciously funny… he is despicable but you want to go on despising him all night.Boston Globe
… (a) a riveting one person show…Theatre Mania.com
… the most alluringly sleazy newshound this side of the twenty first centuryThe Boston Herald
“Despite its title, it is not a play about belief in God or lack of it, though Augustine does tell us he “lost his faith” quite early on. It is the story of a man who doesn’t let morals or scruples stand in the way of the opportunity to get what he wants.”
