In Yasmina Reza's "God of Carnage," winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play, a playground altercation between 11-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are observed, as Dramatists Play Service puts it, "but as the meeting progresses, and the rum flows, tensions emerge, and the gloves come off, leaving the couples with more than just their liberal principles in tatters."