Escaped Alone

Escaped Alone

Escaped Alone

Escaped Alone

Overview

"I'm walking down the street and there's a door in the fence open and inside there are three women I've seen before."

Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the back yard. Tea and catastrophe. Caryl Churchill's convention-defying play juxtaposes backyard tea with environmental disaster, exploring themes of politics, crisis, communication and female endurance.

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Cautions

  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes

Details

  • Genre: Experimental
  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Cast Attributes: All Women, Role(s) for Senior Actor(s)
  • Target Audience: Adult

Authors

Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill was born on 3 September 1938 in London and grew up in the Lake District and in Montreal. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Downstairs, her first play written while she was still at university, was first staged in 1958 and won an award at the Sund ...

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