Plays By Women: Objections To Sex And Violence; Rose's Story; Blood And Ice; Pinball: Vol 4: v.4 (Play Anthologies) - Softcover

Churchill, Caryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0413567400 ISBN 13: 9780413567406

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2003

About this title

About the Author:

Caryl Churchill is an award-winning playwright, whose plays are renowned for their striking influence upon contemporary British theatre practices. Indicative of her enduring impression upon the theatrical landscape, Churchill has won Obie Awards for her widely celebrated plays Cloud 9 (1979), Top Girls (1982), Serious Money (1987) and A Number (2002). Further cementing her reputation as an outstanding playwright, in 2002 Churchill won an Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement and in 2010 was placed in the American Theatre Hall of Fame. She continues to produce innovative and provocative work, such as Seven Jewish Children - a play for Gaza (2009) and Love and Information (2012), and in January 2016 her latest full-length play, Escaped Alone, opened at the Royal Court Theatre to great acclaim. With an illustrious theatre career that transcends four decades, Caryl Churchill is arguably more than just one of Britains most revered female playwrights; she is one of Britains most respected and groundbreaking working today.

Synopsis:

Four British plays deal with a poet and her mother, a family's breakdown in communication, a woman who literally wrestles with her problems, and the interaction of a group of office workers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0413567400
• ISBN 13: 9780413567406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 160