Description
The first number of plays by one of Britain’s most acclaimed up to date playwrights – "one of the crucial promising dramatic prospects of the new millennium" (Day by day Telegraph)
The collection includes the The Memory Of Water in which three sisters meet at the evening after their mother’s funeral and fight out old troubles with one every other. Five Kinds Of Silence is a terrifying portrayal of a circle of relatives for whom rules, duties and punishments are the motive force. In An Experiment With An Air Pump in a world of scientific chaos, cloning and genetic engineering, the cellar of a house yields up the secrets of the scientific discoveries of 1799. In Ancient Lights, Hollywood stars come home to the hills of Northumberland. The Memory of Water: "combines a flair for witty dialogue with a relish for the dynamics of theatre. . .a mistress of comic anguish" Guardian
Five Kinds of Silence: "this quietly eloquent play" Independent
An Experiment With An Air Pump: "teeming with interest, humour, eloquence and, above all, ideas. . .it isn’t frequently we see a new play with this much energy, variety and intelligence" Independent
Ancient Lights: "a cracking, grown-up play. . .with a light touch that cuts surprisingly deep" Day by day Telegraph