"What do you do when you're not sure?" John Patrick Shanley's play Doubt is a spellbinding examination of the power of suspicion, set against the provocative backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in the 1960s.
The hard-headed Sister Aloysius has concerns about the conduct of a male colleague. When a pupil returns from yet another visit to Father Flynn smelling of alcohol, she believes she has all the evidence she needs.
Yet in this swirling, ambiguous play nothing is black-and-white. Doubt is more difficult to get rid of than Sister Aloysius ever imagined, and the conflicts it causes will turn her world upside down. This edge-of-seat drama raises as many questions as it answers, and offers a mature and thought-provoking look at both sides of a gripping story.
Doubt opened in November 2004 to rapturous reviews from audiences and critics. The following year the play is widely acknowledged to have "ruled Broadway", picking up the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, two Obie Awards and the Tony Award for Best Play among other accolades.