Caryl Churchill Plays: 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: 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