Haidee Becker, George as “Tortoise” in Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem, 2010 | Patrick Bourne & Co

Haidee Becker b. 1950

George as “Tortoise” in Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem, 2010

Oil on canvas
8 x 9 inches
£500

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JERUSALEM is an Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy play by Jez Butterworth, set in Wiltshire, England on St. George’s Day. GEORGE is one of a trio of tortoises who stared in the original run of the show. The tortoise has a crucial role in the play with a character using his sister’s pet to settle a drugs debt.