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Three Birds Alighting on a Field

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  5w, 4m

Timberlake Wertenbaker

Three Birds Alighting on a Field
by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Timberlake Wertenbaker's award-winning play takes a witty, perceptive look at the art world in the boom period of the late Eighties in London.

Published in the volume Timberlake Wertenbaker: Plays 1, which also contains New Anatomies, The Grace of Mary Traverse, Our Country's Good, and The Love of the Nightingale.

Three Birds Alighting on a Field

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    5w, 4m

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"This rare, rich play for today, which unites the'serious and the comical in one dramatic swoop ... a contemporary satire upon the art market, the'stinging dealers and wheelers. But in the course of 22 scenes you become aware there is more here than meets the lazy eye." - Evening Standard

Timberlake Wertenbaker's award-winning play takes a witty, perceptive look at the art world in the boom period of the late Eighties in London.

Large mixed cast may be played by M4 F5
  • Time Period 1980s
  • Setting Various simple settings
  • Features Period Costumes

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"This rare, rich play for today, which unites the'serious and the comical in one dramatic swoop ... a contemporary satire upon the art market, the'stinging dealers and wheelers. But in the course of 22 scenes you become aware there is more here than meets

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Timberlake Wertenbaker

Timberlake Wertenbaker

Timberlake Wertenbaker grew up in the Basque country and lives in London. She is one of the UK’s leading playwrights and her work is performed worldwide. She is the recipient of numerous awards including an Olivier Award and the New York Drama Critics Award for Our Country's ...

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