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Abortive
Series: NHB Modern Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
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Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 1971

Abortive

By Caryl Churchill
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts

A couple in bed discuss the effect on them of the woman's recent abortion.

Originally written for radio, Caryl Churchill's short play Abortive was originally broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1971.

Series: NHB Modern Plays
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Published in volume Caryl Churchill: Shorts
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Also by Caryl Churchill:

Seven Jewish Children
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A Number
Bliss
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.
Cloud Nine
Icecream
Drunk Enough To Say I Love You?
Ding Dong the Wicked
Far Away
Three More Sleepless Nights
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Traps
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Love and Information
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
A Mouthful of Birds
Thyestes
Pigs and Dogs
What If If Only
A Dream Play
The After-Dinner Joke
Mad Forest
Hotel
Hot Fudge
This is a Chair
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The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution
Blue Heart
Seagulls
Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen
Here We Go
Schreber's Nervous Illness
Lives of the Great Poisoners
Escaped Alone
War and Peace Gaza Piece
Three Short Plays
The Skriker
Tickets are Now On Sale
Beautiful Eyes
Air
The Judge's Wife
Lovesick

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