Catch 22 (play)

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Catch-22
Written by	Joseph Heller
Characters	John Yossarian Dunbar Milo Minderbinder Havermeyer Captain Black Doc Daneeka McWatt
Date of Premiere	1971
Country of Origin	United States of America
Original Language	English
Genre	Satire, Drama
Setting	Italy

Catch-22is a satirical, historical fiction, theatre production by the American author Joseph Heller, first produced in 1971. The novel Catch-22,which this play is based on, is set during the latter stages of the Second World War from 1943 onwards, is frequently cited as one of the great literary works of the Twentieth Century.

The story follows Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier, and a number of other characters. Most events occur while the airmen of the Fighting 256th (or "two to the fighting eighth power") Squadron are based on the island of Pianosa, west of Italy. Many events in the story are repeatedly described from differing points of view, so the reader learns more about the event from each iteration. Furthermore, the events are referred to as if the reader already knows all about them. The pacing of Catch-22 is frenetic, its tenor intellectual, and its humor largely absurd, but interspersed with grisly moments of realism.

This show has recieved relativly low success, as it has never been preformed on broadway as intended.