Plays

Synopsis

Three

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:

<i>Icecream</i> - an unsettling look at British attitudes to America, and vice versa

<i>Mad Forest</i> - Churchill's response to the Romanian Revolution <i>The Skriker</i> - a 'spellbinding' piece combining English folk tales with modern urban life

<i>Thyestes</i> - a 'bleakly eloquent new translation of Seneca's Roman tragedy' (<i>Sunday Times</i>).

Plus two collaborative pieces combining word and dance:

<i>Lives of the Great Poisoners</i> - a libretto to music by Orlando Gough and choreography by Ian Spink

<i>A Mouthful of Birds</i> - written with David Lan

Caryl Churchill has been hailed as 'a dramatist who must surely be amongst the best half-dozen now writing' <i>The Times</i>

Themes

• Drama
• Drama--20th century
• PR6053.H786 A6 1998