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The Skriker Paperback - 1994

by Caryl Churchill

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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.

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Premiered at the Royal National Theatre, this extraordinary new 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.

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  • Title The Skriker
  • Author Caryl Churchill
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Tcg ed.
  • Pages 64
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Theatre Communications Group, London
  • Publication date 1994-09-01
  • ISBN 9781559360975 / 1559360976
  • Weight 0.16 lbs (0.07 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.83 x 5.12 x 0.24 in (19.89 x 13.00 x 0.61 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Plays / Drama
  • Library of Congress subjects Horror plays
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94017131
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822.914

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  • Booklist, 02/01/1995, Page 986

About the author

Caryl Churchill (1938-) is probably the most respected woman dramatist in the English-speaking world. She is the author of some twenty plays including Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Serious Money, The Skriker, Blue Heart, Far Away and A Number, seen and admired all over the world. CARYL CHURCHILL's plays include "Cloud Nine" (revived in 2007 to huge acclaim at the Almeida, London), "Top Girls", "Serious Money", "The Skriker", "Blue Heart", "Far Away" and "A Number". Most are published by NHB.
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