Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
Paperback, 80 pages ISBN: 9781848424852Publication Date:
16 Apr 2015
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook, 80 pages ISBN: 9781780016054Publication Date:
24 Apr 2015
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, on tour & Royal Court, London, 1976

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

By Caryl Churchill

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Caryl Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, set during the English Civil War, tells the story of the men and women who went into battle for the soul of England. Passionate, moving and provocative, it speaks of the revolution we never had and the legacy it left behind.

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 the tyranny of the King now argue for stability and compromise, but the people are hungry for change.

For a brief moment, a group of rebels, preachers, soldiers and dissenters dare to imagine an age of hope, a new Jerusalem in which freedom will be restored to the land.

Premiered by Joint Stock at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in September 1976 during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, it toured the UK including the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1976. The play was revived at the National Theatre, London, in 1996 and again in 2015, in a production directed by Lyndsey Turner.

Press Quotes

'Epic and astringent... the fevered spirit of the times, its sense of new-found, numinous possibility, is infectiously relayed'

Telegraph

'A fascinating play that presents a pivotal point in English history'

British Theatre Guide

'Dense and passionate... gripping radical theatre'

Financial Times
Paperback,80 pages ISBN: 9781848424852Publication Date:
16 Apr 2015
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook,80 pages ISBN: 9781780016054Publication Date:
24 Apr 2015
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Caryl Churchill:

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

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