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Far Away

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 1m

Caryl Churchill

Confronting our deepest fears, Caryl Churchill’s extraordinary play depicts a chilling world where everyone is at war, and not even the birds in the trees or the river below can be trusted.

Far Away

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
This hour long futuristic nightmare envisions a world where the promise of violence broods and nothing is to be trusteed. Written by the celebrated author of Top Girls and Cloud Nine, this innovative work consists of three brief scenes. In the first, a young girl spending her first night in her new guardian's house witnesses a bloody slaughter. Next, the girl, now grown, is spending her first day working in a hat factory. There, she and a young man concoct funny and elaborate hats that are to be worn for a horrific purpose. In the final scene, the boy and girl, now wed, are seeking refuge from a global conflict even the animals are on one side or another.

Far Away must be performed on it's own, as a single evening of theatre.
History
Far Away premiered at the Royal COurt Theatre in London in November of 2000 under the direction of Stephen Daldry.
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Performing Groups
YOUNG JOAN - a girl
HARPER - her aunt
TODD - a young man
JOAN - the older version of the character in the first scene.
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

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REVIEWS

"Ravishing, deeply disturbing .... Has the picturesque form and gentle rhythms of a fairy tale. There is an uncommon density and sureness of purpose.... Each carefully chosen detail seems to vibrate with unsettled depths. And each summons anxieties both primal and mercilessly particular to the times in which we live.... With each new play, Ms. Churchill seems to come up with new rhythms and language to match, in exhilarating theatrical terms, what are scarcely trivial subjects." - The New York Times, Read More 

"...brilliant...this play feels more resonant than ever." The Guardian, Read More

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  • Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

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Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill

Caryl Churchill was born on 3 September 1938 in London and grew up in the Lake District and in Montreal. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Downstairs, her first play written while she was still at university, was first staged in 1958 and won an award at the Sund ...

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