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Light Shining in Buckinghamshire (Revised TCG Edition)

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A revised version of Churchill’s provocative play about the revolutionaries who went into battle for the soul of England in 1647, and the legacy they left behind
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In the aftermath of the Civil War, England stands at a crossroads. Food shortages, economic instability, and a corrupt political system threaten to plunge the country into darkness and despair. The Parliament men who fought against tyranny now argue for compromise, but the people are hungry for change. For a brief moment, a group of rebels dare to imagine an age of hope in which freedom will be restored to the land.
Caryl Churchill is a renowned and prolific play wright. Her plays include Cloud 9, Top Girls, Far Away, 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.
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Price: $14.95
Pages: 80
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group
Publication Date: 15 May 2018
Trim Size: 7.38 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781559365956
Format: Paperback
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Light Shining in Buckinghamshire is Caryl Churchill’s epic, astringent account of that tumultuous, intellectually fertile period f the 1640s… the fevered spirit of the times, its sense of new-found, numinous possibility, is infectiously relayed.”
Caryl Churchill has written for the stage, television, and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include Cloud 9, 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.