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Nick Hern Books, 1994-
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Contents of Works
- 3. A mouthful of birds / co-author: David Lan
- Icecream
- Mad forest
- Lives of the great poisoners / co-authors: Orlando Gough and Ian Spink
- The skriker
- Thyestes : translated from Seneca
- 4. Hotel
- This is a chair
- Blue heart
- Far away
- A number
- A dream play : translated from Strindberg
- Drunk enough to say I love you?
Description and Table of Contents
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3 ISBN 9781854593429
Description
Spanning almost ten years and embracing a remarkable range of style and subject matter, this third volume of Churchill's Collected Plays, introduced by the author, contains:
Icecream - an unsettling look at British attitudes to America, and vice versa
Mad Forest - Churchill's response to the Romanian Revolution
The Skriker - a 'spellbinding' piece combining English folk tales with modern urban life
Thyestes - a 'bleakly eloquent new translation of Seneca's Roman tragedy' (Sunday Times).
Plus two collaborative pieces combining word and dance:
Lives of the Great Poisoners - a libretto to music by Orlando Gough and choreography by Ian Spink
A Mouthful of Birds - written with David Lan
Caryl Churchill has been hailed as 'a dramatist who must surely be amongst the best half-dozen now writing' The Times
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4 ISBN 9781854595409
Description
The fourth volume of the collected plays of one of the best playwrights alive.
Written over a period of ten years and evincing an extraordinary range of topics and techniques, this fourth volume of Caryl Churchill's collected plays confirms her standing as a playwright who is 'amongst the best half-dozen now writing' (The Times).
This volume includes:
Hotel (Schauspielhaus, Hannover, 1997), an innovative theatre piece combining music, voices and dance, with a text by Caryl Churchill and music by Orlando Gough.
This is a Chair (Royal Court Theatre, 1997), a short play about the surreal nature of modern life.
Blue Heart (Out of Joint & Royal Court Theatre, 1997), two linked one-act plays, both startlingly innovative, exploring the underpinnings of family relationships.
Far Away (Royal Court, 2000), a brilliantly unsettling play about conflict and its unsettling effect on our lives and humanity.
A Number (Royal Court, 2002), a fascinating meditation on human cloning, personal identity and the conflicting claims of nature and nurture.
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (Royal Court, 2006),examining US foreign policy and international power politics through the lens of an intense personal relationship.
A Dream Play (National Theatre, London, 2005), a spare and resonant version of August Strindberg's 1901 masterpiece.
Table of Contents
HotelThis is a ChairBlue HeartFar AwayA NumberDrunk Enough to Say I Love You?A Dream Play
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