Here We Go / Escaped Alone: Two Plays by Caryl Churchill (English) Paperback Boo

Description: Here We Go / Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill Two captivating new plays from one of Britains greatest living playwrights. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "What Churchill has written is a striking memento mori for an age without faith; and although her play is brief, that in itself evokes the idea that we are here for a short time and then are suddenly gone."- The Guardian on Here We Go"Line by line its hard to imagine youll come across a more brilliant play this year . . . and what makes Escaped Alone a great play is that it is strangely euphoric: spiked with terrible, apocalyptic foreboding, yes, but Churchills funniest since Serious Money, and with an incredible gift for spinning light out of the dark."-Time Out London on Escaped AloneThe prolific repertoire of Caryl Churchill gains two thrilling new entries with Here We Go and Escaped Alone, both exemplary of her notoriously dark, witty work. Creeping and ruminative, Here We Go "acts as a chilling reminder of our own mortality" (The Guardian), with a three-part examination of death and its aftermath. Escaped Alone considers a notably broader demise: the apocalypse. Through the musings of four older women idly chatting in an English back garden, the fate of the world is outlined in an unsettling revelation of mankinds own self-destruction.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 in 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Author Biography 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. Long Description "What Churchill has written is a striking memento mori for an age without faith; and although her play is brief, that in itself evokes the idea that we are here for a short time and then are suddenly gone."-- The Guardian on Here We Go "Line by line its hard to imagine youll come across a more brilliant play this year . . . and what makes Escaped Alone a great play is that it is strangely euphoric: spiked with terrible, apocalyptic foreboding, yes, but Churchills funniest since Serious Money , and with an incredible gift for spinning light out of the dark."-- Time Out London on Escaped Alone The prolific repertoire of Caryl Churchill gains two thrilling new entries with Here We Go and Escaped Alone , both exemplary of her notoriously dark, witty work. Creeping and ruminative, Here We Go "acts as a chilling reminder of our own mortality" ( The Guardian ), with a three-part examination of death and its aftermath. Escaped Alone considers a notably broader demise: the apocalypse. Through the musings of four older women idly chatting in an English back garden, the fate of the world is outlined in an unsettling revelation of mankinds own self-destruction. 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 in 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Review Quote "What Churchill has written is a striking memento mori for an age without faith; and although her play is brief, that in itself evokes the idea that we are here for a short time and then are suddenly gone."- The Guardian on Here We Go Competing Titles Love and Information Caryl Churchill 9781559364409 13.95 Theatre Communications Group 06/18/2013 4588 Number Caryl Churchill 9781559362252 11.95 Theatre Communications Group 05/01/2003 16237 Description for Sales People * Here We Go premiered in the fall of 2015 at the Lyttelton Theatre in London * Escaped Alone is currently running in a production that opened in January at the Royal Court Theatre in London * Both plays have received enthusiastic critical reception * Churchill is known to many as "The greatest living English playwright" (Tony Kushner) * Author of more than 45 plays including the Obie Award-winning Cloud 9, Top Girls, and Serious Money *Her play Fen won the 1984 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize * This is the thirteenth Caryl Churchill book to be published by TCG Details ISBN1559365404 Author Caryl Churchill Short Title HERE WE GO / ESCAPED ALONE Language English ISBN-10 1559365404 ISBN-13 9781559365406 Media Book Format Paperback Residence US Pages 60 Year 2016 Imprint Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Subtitle Two Plays Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2016-12-15 NZ Release Date 2016-12-15 US Release Date 2016-12-15 UK Release Date 2016-12-15 Publisher Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Audience General AU Release Date 2016-11-28 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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