The Skriker by Caryl Churchill

The Skriker by Caryl Churchill

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The Skriker by Caryl Churchill

Premiered at the Royal National Theatre, this extraordinary play by one of Britain's leading playwrights combines English folk tales with modern urban life. In terms of its language alone, it is as exciting and challenging on the page as on the stage.

The play follows the Skriker, a shapeshifter and death portent, ancient and damaged, in its search for love and revenge as it pursues two young women to London, changing its shape at every new encounter. Along with the Skriker come Rawheadandbloodybones, the Kelpie, the Green Lady, Black Dog and more, till the whole country is swarming with enticing and angry creatures that have burst from the underworld.

Caryl Churchill has been hailed as a dramatist who must surely be amongst the best half-dozen now writing The Times. She is the author of some twenty plays including CLOUD NINE, TOP GIRLS, SERIOUS MONEY and MAD FOREST, all seen and admired all over the world.

Caryl Churchill is the most well-known female dramatist in English-speaking countries. Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Serious Money, The Skriker, Blue Heart, Far Away, A Number, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You, and Seven Jewish Children are among her twenty plays, which have been seen and admired all over the world. TCG is the publisher of the majority of them.

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ISBN 13 9781559360975
ISBN 10 1559360976
Title The Skriker
Author Caryl Churchill
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S.
Year published 1994-09-15
Number of pages 64
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.