When the Crows Visit

Cast: 4f 3m doubling (up to 5f 4m)

Staging: Several interior locations

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback, 104 pages ISBN: 9781848428843Publication Date:
24 Oct 2019
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook, 104 pages ISBN: 9781788502757Publication Date:
24 Oct 2019
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
Kiln Theatre, London, 2019

When the Crows Visit

By Anupama Chandrasekhar

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When a son returns home after being accused of a violent crime, a mother is forced to confront the ghosts of her past when the crows visit.

Inspired by true events in modern-day India, Anupama Chandrasekhar's play When the Crows Visit explores the themes of Ibsen's Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.

This dark and thrilling play premiered at Kiln Theatre, London, in October 2019, directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham.

Extra Content: 'On the day that [violence towards women] doesn't happen any more, I will happily start writing bedroom farces.' Anupama Chandrasekhar on her play When the Crows Visit, in an interview published by The Guardian, 28 October 2019.

‘…and all the sins of his father and his forefathers came out of his body, through the pores of his skin, in the form of crows.’

Press Quotes

'Gruesomely powerful'

Guardian

'A startling, powerful play... a triumphant translation'

Evening Standard

'A haunting beast of a play, one that persistently claws away at expectations and comforts until nothing remains but a raw, painful wound'

The Stage

'Powerful, thought-provoking and suspenseful... wonderfully dramatic and potent'

LondonTheatre1

Cast: 4f 3m doubling (up to 5f 4m)

Staging:Several interior locations

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback,104 pages ISBN: 9781848428843Publication Date:
24 Oct 2019
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook,104 pages ISBN: 9781788502757Publication Date:
24 Oct 2019
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Anupama Chandrasekhar:

The Father and the Assassin
Disconnect
Free Outgoing

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