A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the best-selling and highly acclaimed novelist. Elizabeth, forty-something, childless, recently separated, just wants to be alone. She's moved into a converted Victorian mansion, alive with history, character, woodworm and rot. But worse than th
Three Short Plays (NHB Modern Plays)
โ Scribed by Caryl Churchill
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 14 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Three short plays by one of the most inventive dramatists working today, each written in response to political events.
War and Peace Gaza Piece (2014) draws on Tolstoy's novel and accounts of family life in Gaza.
Tickets are Now On Sale (2015) explores the relationship between sponsorship and the arts.
Beautiful Eyes (2017) is about a family divided by politics, and was first performed in the week of Donald Trump's inauguration.
'The wit, invention and structural ingenuity of Churchill's work are remarkable... she never does anything twice' - Telegraph
'What is extraordinary about Churchill is her capacity as a dramatist to go on reinventing the wheel' - Guardian
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