Mad Forest: A Play from Romania
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"Bristles with the intelligence and insight of a major writer." -Financial Times
"Brilliantly ... evoke[s] the mood of a country through snapshot images." -Guardian
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"An act of moral commitment as well as theatrical virtuosity." -London Sunday Times
Mad Forestexplores the reactions of ordinary people to confused events, focusing in particular on two families. What emerges is the dreadful damage done to people's lives by repression and the painful difficulties of lasting change.
Caryl Churchill's play about the Romanian revolution was written after she, the director and a group of students from London's Central School of Speech and Drama went to Romania to work with acting students there. The play was first performed in 1990, only three months after their return.
Caryl Churchillhas written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays includeCloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forestand A Number. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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