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Fen: A drama
Fen a play by Caryl Churchill
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
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About the author
Caryl Churchill
88听books218听followersCaryl Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is an English dramatist known for her use of non-naturalistic techniques and feminist themes, dramatisation of the abuses of power, and exploration of sexual politics.[1] She is acknowledged as a major playwright in the English language and one of world theatre's most influential writers.
Her early work developed Bertolt Brecht's modernist dramatic and theatrical techniques of 'Epic theatre' to explore issues of gender and sexuality. From A Mouthful of Birds (1986) onwards, she began to experiment with forms of dance-theatre, incorporating techniques developed from the performance tradition initiated by Antonin Artaud with his 'Theatre of Cruelty'. This move away from a clear Fabel dramaturgy towards increasingly fragmented and surrealistic narratives characterises her work as postmodernist.
Prizes and awards
Churchill has received much recognition, including the following awards:
1958 Sunday Times/National Union of Students Drama Festival Award Downstairs
1961 Richard Hillary Memorial Prize
1981 Obie Award for Playwriting, Cloud Nine
1982 Obie Award for Playwriting, Top Girls
1983 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (runner-up), Top Girls
1984 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Fen
1987 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy of the Year, Serious Money
1987 Obie Award for Best New Play, Serious Money
1987 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Serious Money
1988 Laurence Olivier/BBC Award for Best New Play, Serious Money
2001 Obie Sustained Achievement Award
2010 Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Plays
Downstairs (1958)
You've No Need to be Frightened (1959?)
Having a Wonderful Time (1960)
Easy Death (1960)
The Ants, radio drama (1962)
Lovesick, radio drama (1969)
Identical Twins (1960)
Abortive, radio drama (1971)
Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen, radio drama (1971)
Owners (1972)
Schreber's Nervous Illness, radio drama (1972) 鈥� based on Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution (written 1972)
The Judge's Wife, radio drama (1972)
Moving Clocks Go Slow, (1973)
Turkish Delight, television drama (1973)
Objections to Sex and Violence (1975)
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (1976) [7]
Vinegar Tom (1976)
Traps (1976)
The After-Dinner Joke, television drama (1978)
Seagulls (written 1978)
Cloud Nine (1979)
Three More Sleepless Nights (1980)
Top Girls (1982)
Crimes, television drama (1982)
Fen (1983)
Softcops (1984)
A Mouthful of Birds (1986)
A Heart's Desire (1987)[18]
Serious Money (1987)
Ice Cream (1989)
Hot Fudge (1989)
Mad Forest (1990)
Lives of the Great Poisoners (1991)
The Skriker (1994)
Blue Heart (1997)
Hotel (1997)
This is a Chair (1999)
Far Away (2000)
Thyestes (2001) 鈥� translation of Seneca's tragedy
A Number (2002)
A Dream Play (2005) 鈥� translation of August Strindberg's play
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (2006)
Seven Jewish Children 鈥� a play for Gaza (2009)
Love and Information (2012)
Ding Dong the Wicked (2013)
Here We Go (play) (2015)
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Her early work developed Bertolt Brecht's modernist dramatic and theatrical techniques of 'Epic theatre' to explore issues of gender and sexuality. From A Mouthful of Birds (1986) onwards, she began to experiment with forms of dance-theatre, incorporating techniques developed from the performance tradition initiated by Antonin Artaud with his 'Theatre of Cruelty'. This move away from a clear Fabel dramaturgy towards increasingly fragmented and surrealistic narratives characterises her work as postmodernist.
Prizes and awards
Churchill has received much recognition, including the following awards:
1958 Sunday Times/National Union of Students Drama Festival Award Downstairs
1961 Richard Hillary Memorial Prize
1981 Obie Award for Playwriting, Cloud Nine
1982 Obie Award for Playwriting, Top Girls
1983 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize (runner-up), Top Girls
1984 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Fen
1987 Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy of the Year, Serious Money
1987 Obie Award for Best New Play, Serious Money
1987 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Serious Money
1988 Laurence Olivier/BBC Award for Best New Play, Serious Money
2001 Obie Sustained Achievement Award
2010 Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Plays
Downstairs (1958)
You've No Need to be Frightened (1959?)
Having a Wonderful Time (1960)
Easy Death (1960)
The Ants, radio drama (1962)
Lovesick, radio drama (1969)
Identical Twins (1960)
Abortive, radio drama (1971)
Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen, radio drama (1971)
Owners (1972)
Schreber's Nervous Illness, radio drama (1972) 鈥� based on Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution (written 1972)
The Judge's Wife, radio drama (1972)
Moving Clocks Go Slow, (1973)
Turkish Delight, television drama (1973)
Objections to Sex and Violence (1975)
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (1976) [7]
Vinegar Tom (1976)
Traps (1976)
The After-Dinner Joke, television drama (1978)
Seagulls (written 1978)
Cloud Nine (1979)
Three More Sleepless Nights (1980)
Top Girls (1982)
Crimes, television drama (1982)
Fen (1983)
Softcops (1984)
A Mouthful of Birds (1986)
A Heart's Desire (1987)[18]
Serious Money (1987)
Ice Cream (1989)
Hot Fudge (1989)
Mad Forest (1990)
Lives of the Great Poisoners (1991)
The Skriker (1994)
Blue Heart (1997)
Hotel (1997)
This is a Chair (1999)
Far Away (2000)
Thyestes (2001) 鈥� translation of Seneca's tragedy
A Number (2002)
A Dream Play (2005) 鈥� translation of August Strindberg's play
Drunk Enough to Say I Love You? (2006)
Seven Jewish Children 鈥� a play for Gaza (2009)
Love and Information (2012)
Ding Dong the Wicked (2013)
Here We Go (play) (2015)
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October 21, 2019
Literally have not stopped thinking about this play for 4 days like it IS about the land it IS about the class tensions it IS about the trauma it IS about the incredibly unstable role of the Mother it IS about the communal experience
August 13, 2020
鬲乇丕跇丿蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 亘乇 夭賳丕賳 趩賴丕乇 賳爻賱 丿乇 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 賮賳 诏匕卮鬲賴 賵 毓氐蹖丕賳 賵 鬲賳卮 乇賵 亘賴 賮夭賵賳蹖 讴賴 丕賳賯賱丕亘 乇丕 賲鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫池ж藏�. 丿乇 毓蹖賳 賲賵噩夭 亘賵丿賳 賵 鬲毓丿丿 卮禺氐蹖鬲貙 趩乇趩蹖賱 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賴 亘賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 毓賲賯 丿賴丿.
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乇丕爻鬲卮 禺蹖賱蹖 蹖賴賵蹖蹖 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 亘賴 趩卮賲賲賵賳 禺賵乇丿 賵 趩賵賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 (讴丕乇蹖賱 趩乇趩蹖賱) 亘丕蹖丿 鈥溫池з勜ж� 夭賳丕賳鈥� 乇賵 賲蹖禺賵賳丿賲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 卮丿 賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲 丕夭 趩乇趩蹖賱 丨丿丕賯賱 丿賵鬲丕 讴鬲丕亘 亘禺賵賳賲. (讴賴 亘丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 丕蹖賳 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 賯胤毓丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 趩乇趩蹖賱 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵丕賳丿.)
亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕賵賱 鈥溫池з勜ж� 夭賳丕賳鈥� 乇賵 丕夭 趩乇趩蹖賱 禺賵賳丿賲 賯胤毓丕 亘丕 鬲賵賯毓 禺蹖賱蹖 夭蹖丕丿 賵 亘丕賱丕蹖蹖 卮乇賵毓 讴乇丿賲 亘賴 禺賵賳丿賳 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 賮賳 讴賴 禺亘 禺丿丕乇賵卮讴乇 賳丕丕賲蹖丿賲 賳讴乇丿 賵 丕夭 禺賵賳丿卮 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賲!
爻亘讴 賴賲蹖卮诏蹖 趩乇趩蹖賱 賵 鬲賵噩賴卮 亘賴 夭賳丕賳 賵 賲卮讴賱丕鬲 賵 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏ж促堎� 賵 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丕賵賳賴丕 丕卮丕乇賴 亘賴 讴丕倬蹖鬲丕賱蹖爻賲 賵 賳馗丕賲 爻乇賲丕蹖賴鈥屫ж臂屸€�!
賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 蹖讴 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝団€屰屸€� 倬乇 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴!
讴賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 鬲讴 鬲讴卮賵賳 鬲丨賱蹖賱鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丿丕乇賴 賵 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 趩乇趩蹖賱 噩賵乇蹖 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賴 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴 賮讴乇 賮乇賵 亘亘乇賴!
賵 禺亘 賲卮禺氐丕 賲賵囟賵毓 丕氐賱蹖 芦夭賳鈥屬囏� 賴爻鬲賳!
鬲賵蹖 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 賮賳 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 夭賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖禺賵賳蹖賲 夭賳鈥屬囏й屰� 丕夭 丿賵乇賴鈥屬囏й� 爻賳蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賵 賳爻賱 賴丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 (丕夭 丌蹖鈥屬堐� 酃郯 爻丕賱賴 鬲丕 卮賵賳丕蹖 鄱 爻丕賱賴!)
賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 丿丕乇丕蹖 鄄郾 氐丨賳賴鈥屫ж池�.
賵 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 鬲讴鈥屫� 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 賲蹖倬乇丿丕夭丿 丕賲丕 睾丕賱亘 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賵賻賱 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴.
賵 卮丕蹖丿 賲蹖卮賴 诏賮鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵賻賱 賵 賲爻丕卅賱 賵 賲氐丕卅亘 夭賳丿诏蹖卮賴!(丕夭 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 亘蹖賳 賮乇夭賳丿丕賳 賵 賲毓卮賵賯賴鈥屫ж� 诏乇賮鬲賴 鬲丕 丕乇鬲亘丕胤卮 亘丕 賲丕亘賯蹖 讴丕乇诏乇丕賳 丿乇 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 賵 乇丕亘胤賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 亘丕 賲毓卮賵賯賴鈥屰屸€� 禺賵丿 丿丕乇丿 賵 丨鬲蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭賳丕賳 丿賵 賳爻賱 賯亘賱 禺賵丿卮 蹖毓賳蹖 賲丕丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇亘夭乇诏卮!)
乇丕爻鬲卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 賵賻賱 亘丕 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕乇賴 蹖丕 賴賲賵賳 賮乇丕賳讴 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿.
鬲賵蹖 氐丨賳賴鈥屰屸€� 倬丕賳夭丿賴賲 賯爻賲鬲蹖 乇賵 丿丕乇蹖賲 讴賴 賵賱 賲蹖诏賴 -賲賳 鬲乇爻蹖丿賲.
賵 賮乇丕賳讴 丿乇 噩賵丕亘卮 賲蹖诏賴 -讴賽蹖責
賵賻賱 -賵賯鬲蹖 鬲乇讴鬲 讴乇丿賲.
賮乇丕賳讴 -賲賳 賵賯鬲蹖 亘乇诏卮鬲蹖 鬲乇爻蹖丿賲!
賵賻賱 -丕賱丕賳 賲蹖鬲乇爻蹖責
賮乇丕賳讴 -亘毓丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 乇賮鬲蹖貙 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲 禺賵丿賲 乇賵 亘讴卮賲.卮丕賳爻 丌賵乇丿賲 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 乇賵 賳讴乇丿賲.
賵賻賱 -鬲賵 丕夭 趩蹖 賲蹖鬲乇爻蹖責
賮乇丕賳讴 -丕夭 丿蹖賵賵賳賴 卮丿賳.亘賱賳丿蹖.禺賵卮诏賱蹖.
賵賻賱 - 卮丕賳爻 丌賵乇丿蹖賲 讴賴 鬲賵 蹖賴 賲賳胤賯賴 賴賲賵丕乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬�.
賵賻賱 讴賴 亘蹖賳 賮乇丕賳讴 賵 亘趩賴鈥屬囏ж� 賳賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘诏蹖乇賴 賵 丿乇 丌禺乇 鬲氐賲蹖賲 毓噩蹖亘蹖 賲蹖诏蹖乇賴!
丿乇 讴賱 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 趩乇趩蹖賱 賯賱賲 噩匕丕亘蹖 丿丕乇賴.
丿賱蹖賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴卮 鄞 丕夭 倬賳噩 丿丕丿賲 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 亘丕 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿卮 睾丕賱亘 丕噩乇丕蹖蹖 卮丕蹖丿 讴賲蹖 爻禺鬲 賵 丿賵乇 丕夭 匕賴賳蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴.
賵 卮丕蹖丿 賯爻賲鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 賲蹖鬲賵賳爻鬲 賲禺鬲氐乇 鬲乇 亘丕卮賴.
亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕賵賱 鈥溫池з勜ж� 夭賳丕賳鈥� 乇賵 丕夭 趩乇趩蹖賱 禺賵賳丿賲 賯胤毓丕 亘丕 鬲賵賯毓 禺蹖賱蹖 夭蹖丕丿 賵 亘丕賱丕蹖蹖 卮乇賵毓 讴乇丿賲 亘賴 禺賵賳丿賳 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 賮賳 讴賴 禺亘 禺丿丕乇賵卮讴乇 賳丕丕賲蹖丿賲 賳讴乇丿 賵 丕夭 禺賵賳丿卮 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賲!
爻亘讴 賴賲蹖卮诏蹖 趩乇趩蹖賱 賵 鬲賵噩賴卮 亘賴 夭賳丕賳 賵 賲卮讴賱丕鬲 賵 丿睾丿睾賴鈥屬囏ж促堎� 賵 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 丕賵賳賴丕 丕卮丕乇賴 亘賴 讴丕倬蹖鬲丕賱蹖爻賲 賵 賳馗丕賲 爻乇賲丕蹖賴鈥屫ж臂屸€�!
賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 蹖讴 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝団€屰屸€� 倬乇 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴!
讴賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 鬲讴 鬲讴卮賵賳 鬲丨賱蹖賱鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丿丕乇賴 賵 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 趩乇趩蹖賱 噩賵乇蹖 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賴 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴 賮讴乇 賮乇賵 亘亘乇賴!
賵 禺亘 賲卮禺氐丕 賲賵囟賵毓 丕氐賱蹖 芦夭賳鈥屬囏� 賴爻鬲賳!
鬲賵蹖 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 賮賳 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 夭賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖禺賵賳蹖賲 夭賳鈥屬囏й屰� 丕夭 丿賵乇賴鈥屬囏й� 爻賳蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賵 賳爻賱 賴丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 (丕夭 丌蹖鈥屬堐� 酃郯 爻丕賱賴 鬲丕 卮賵賳丕蹖 鄱 爻丕賱賴!)
賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 丿丕乇丕蹖 鄄郾 氐丨賳賴鈥屫ж池�.
賵 亘丕 賵噩賵丿 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 鬲讴鈥屫� 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 賲蹖倬乇丿丕夭丿 丕賲丕 睾丕賱亘 賳賲丕蹖卮鈥屬嗀з呝� 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴 亘丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賵賻賱 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴.
賵 卮丕蹖丿 賲蹖卮賴 诏賮鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵賻賱 賵 賲爻丕卅賱 賵 賲氐丕卅亘 夭賳丿诏蹖卮賴!(丕夭 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 亘蹖賳 賮乇夭賳丿丕賳 賵 賲毓卮賵賯賴鈥屫ж� 诏乇賮鬲賴 鬲丕 丕乇鬲亘丕胤卮 亘丕 賲丕亘賯蹖 讴丕乇诏乇丕賳 丿乇 亘丕鬲賱丕賯 賵 乇丕亘胤賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 亘丕 賲毓卮賵賯賴鈥屰屸€� 禺賵丿 丿丕乇丿 賵 丨鬲蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭賳丕賳 丿賵 賳爻賱 賯亘賱 禺賵丿卮 蹖毓賳蹖 賲丕丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇亘夭乇诏卮!)
乇丕爻鬲卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 賵賻賱 亘丕 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕乇賴 蹖丕 賴賲賵賳 賮乇丕賳讴 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿.
鬲賵蹖 氐丨賳賴鈥屰屸€� 倬丕賳夭丿賴賲 賯爻賲鬲蹖 乇賵 丿丕乇蹖賲 讴賴 賵賱 賲蹖诏賴 -賲賳 鬲乇爻蹖丿賲.
賵 賮乇丕賳讴 丿乇 噩賵丕亘卮 賲蹖诏賴 -讴賽蹖責
賵賻賱 -賵賯鬲蹖 鬲乇讴鬲 讴乇丿賲.
賮乇丕賳讴 -賲賳 賵賯鬲蹖 亘乇诏卮鬲蹖 鬲乇爻蹖丿賲!
賵賻賱 -丕賱丕賳 賲蹖鬲乇爻蹖責
賮乇丕賳讴 -亘毓丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 乇賮鬲蹖貙 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲 禺賵丿賲 乇賵 亘讴卮賲.卮丕賳爻 丌賵乇丿賲 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 乇賵 賳讴乇丿賲.
賵賻賱 -鬲賵 丕夭 趩蹖 賲蹖鬲乇爻蹖責
賮乇丕賳讴 -丕夭 丿蹖賵賵賳賴 卮丿賳.亘賱賳丿蹖.禺賵卮诏賱蹖.
賵賻賱 - 卮丕賳爻 丌賵乇丿蹖賲 讴賴 鬲賵 蹖賴 賲賳胤賯賴 賴賲賵丕乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬�.
賵賻賱 讴賴 亘蹖賳 賮乇丕賳讴 賵 亘趩賴鈥屬囏ж� 賳賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘诏蹖乇賴 賵 丿乇 丌禺乇 鬲氐賲蹖賲 毓噩蹖亘蹖 賲蹖诏蹖乇賴!
丿乇 讴賱 丿賵爻鬲卮 丿丕卮鬲賲 賵 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 趩乇趩蹖賱 賯賱賲 噩匕丕亘蹖 丿丕乇賴.
丿賱蹖賱 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴卮 鄞 丕夭 倬賳噩 丿丕丿賲 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 亘丕 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿卮 睾丕賱亘 丕噩乇丕蹖蹖 卮丕蹖丿 讴賲蹖 爻禺鬲 賵 丿賵乇 丕夭 匕賴賳蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴.
賵 卮丕蹖丿 賯爻賲鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 賲蹖鬲賵賳爻鬲 賲禺鬲氐乇 鬲乇 亘丕卮賴.
June 4, 2019
賷賴 賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 賰賵鬲丕賴 賰賴 夭賳丿诏賶 夭賳丕賳 賰丕乇诏乇 乇賵 賳卮賵賳 賲賶 丿賴. 丕夭 侃贍 爻丕賱賴 丿丕乇賳 鬲丕 賳賵噩賵賵賳 賵 亘趩賴. 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 丕诏賴 亘賷卮鬲乇 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 賵 賱丨賳 卮禺氐賷鬲 賴丕 乇賵 鬲賵囟賷丨 賲賶 丿丕丿 鬲賵 丿乇賰 亘賴鬲乇 賰賲賰 賲賶 賰乇丿. 賲爻賱賲丕 鬲賲丕卮丕賶 丕賷賳 賳賲丕賷卮賳丕賲賴 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳卮 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 鬲乇賴.
(賯乇囟 丕夭 亘賵賰鬲丕亘 鬲賴乇丕賳)
(賯乇囟 丕夭 亘賵賰鬲丕亘 鬲賴乇丕賳)
July 1, 2020
Its 2020 and the themes of Fen are only becoming more relevant. Churchill is truly the master and this play is amongst her best. The characters pop and the dialogue crackles despite the deadly serious subject matter and the economy of language is downright impressive. The short, terse scenes between Val and Frank suggest infitine interpretations.
March 6, 2023
Review based on the 2023 Court Theatre Production in Chi. Truly a wonderful, complex, and rich text. Have no idea how one could pull it off without an increeeeedible ensemble like the one Court had.
If I had simply read the play I might have reviewed it lower but that would be more from a lack of vision on my part rather than an actual fair review of the text.
If I had simply read the play I might have reviewed it lower but that would be more from a lack of vision on my part rather than an actual fair review of the text.
September 13, 2023
"I see it all as rotten."
The introduction mentioned the originals set being a field in a room and I couldn't unsee it as I read, such a fantastic idea. Each layer works together seamlessly. I love it when a character tries to get out.
The introduction mentioned the originals set being a field in a room and I couldn't unsee it as I read, such a fantastic idea. Each layer works together seamlessly. I love it when a character tries to get out.
August 19, 2018
Grim and modern, but as it was about rural hardships in East Anglia where my ancestors are from, I appreciated it.
November 10, 2019
This play is GRIM. Modern day feudalism at its worst. She wrote this play and workshopped it in The Fenlands.
June 29, 2023
Just didn't do anything for me, but the stage directions are really sparse so I couldn't picture most of it.
November 15, 2024
Just wow. I鈥檓 not sure what it quite was but the characters emotions and ideas really bought me with the story and made me really enjoy it
May 13, 2020
A moving play in the English countryside about the abuse that breaks us down but also, horribly, binds us together--in perpetuating rhythms of violence and self-hatred.
August 28, 2023
everytime i read a caryl churchill play i convince myself it can鈥檛 be that bad and then i read through it like i鈥檓 taking a spoonful of bad medicine
September 13, 2011
In this play. Juicy. Need to figure it out. Lots of politics and my gracious, what a specific accent to learn. The range of characters is incredible. I'm pretty sure I get child abused in one scene. Woo!
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September 3, 2007re-read 8/1995
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