{"product_id":"book-gwv9","title":"Caryl Churchill: Top Girls, The Skriker, Serious Money, A Number and more","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of dramatisations and original radio plays by the award-winning playwright - plus bonus documentary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaryl Churchill is one of Britain's most innovative and influential dramatists. Versatile and prolific, she has written over 50 plays for stage and screen and is renowned for her revolutionary theatrical techniques and themes of feminism, social politics and the abuse of power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis box set brings together some of her best-known theatre plays, adapted for BBC radio with full casts. It opens with her landmark 1982 drama \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTop Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, exploring the price women pay for success in a man's world. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSerious Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e satirises the corporate venality that followed the 1986 Big Bang; while \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skriker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e blends naturalism, horror and magical realism to tell a story of love, loss and revenge. Also included are \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Number\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a powerful look at human cloning and identity; \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEscaped Alone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, a tale of four septuagenarian friends, afternoon tea and catastrophe; and \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight Shining in Buckinghamshire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, focussing on the millennial movements that erupted during the English Civil War in the 1640s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChurchill also wrote a number of original plays specially for BBC radio in the 1960s and '70s, seven of which are included here: her first professional audio drama \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ants; Identical Twins; Abortive; Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen; Schreber's Nervous Illness; Perfect Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eHenry's Past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the stellar cast in these superb dramas are \u003cb\u003eDaniel Craig, Maxine Peake, Lesley Manville, Hattie Morahan, Michael Gambon, Tobias Menzies, Bertie Carvel,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Deborah Findlay,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Kenneth Haigh, Prunella Scales, Monica Dolan, Dinsdale Landen\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eClive Merrison\u003c\/b\u003e. Concluding our collection is a bonus edition of \u003ci\u003eMeridian\u003c\/i\u003e, taking an in-depth look at Churchill's extraordinary oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNB: Contains strong language\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Caryl Churchill\u003cbr\u003eText copyright © Caryl Churchill 1962 (\u003ci\u003eThe Ants\u003c\/i\u003e), 1968 (\u003ci\u003eIdentical Twins\u003c\/i\u003e), 1971 (\u003ci\u003eAbortive, Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen\u003c\/i\u003e), 1972 (\u003ci\u003eSchreber's Nervous Illness, Henry's Past\u003c\/i\u003e), 1973 (\u003ci\u003ePerfect Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e), 1976 (\u003ci\u003eLight Shining in Buckinghamshire\u003c\/i\u003e), 1982 (\u003ci\u003eTop Girls\u003c\/i\u003e), 1987 (\u003ci\u003eSerious Money\u003c\/i\u003e), 1994 (\u003ci\u003eThe Skriker\u003c\/i\u003e), 2002 (\u003ci\u003eA Number\u003c\/i\u003e), 2016 (\u003ci\u003eEscaped Alone\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003eAll rights reserved\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContent List \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTop Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSerious Money\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skriker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Number\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEscaped Alone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight Shining in Buckinghamshire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdentical Twins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbortive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchreber's Nervous Illness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerfect Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenry's Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeridian: Caryl Churchill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49398085910832,"sku":"BDgwv9","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/gwv9-cover.jpg?v=1762373742","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gwv9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}