BOOKS - Mad Forest: A Play from Romania
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Mad Forest: A Play from Romania
Author: Caryl Churchill
Year: January 1, 1990
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1016 KB
Language: English
Year: January 1, 1990
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1016 KB
Language: English
and "Bristles with the intelligence and insight of a major writer. and " - Financial Times and "Brilliantly ... evoke[s] the mood of a country through snapshot images. and " - Guardian and "An act of moral commitment as well as theatrical virtuosity. and " - London Sunday TimesMad Forest explores the reactions of ordinary people to confused events, focusing in particular on two families. What emerges is the dreadful damage done to people's lives by repression and the painful difficulties of lasting change.Caryl Churchill's play about the Romanian revolution was written after she, the director and a group of students from London's Central School of Speech and Drama went to Romania to work with acting students there. The play was first performed in 1990, only three months after their return.Caryl Churchill has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest and A Number . In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.