Churchill, Caryl

Churchill, Caryl ( 1938 –   ),
playwright, born in London and educated in Montreal and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Most of her plays, predominantly radical and feminist in tone, have been performed at the Royal Court Theatre, in association with the English Stage Company : they include Owners ( 1972 , pub. 1973 ), a satire on property and capitalism; Light Shining in Buckinghamshire ( 1976 , pub. 1978 ); Cloud Nine ( 1979 , pub. 1979 ), a comedy in two acts, the first exploring sexual repression in Victorian Africa, the second set in London in 1979 and exploring contemporary sexual identity; Top Girls ( 1982 , with an all-female cast); Softcops ( 1984 , with an all-male cast); A Mouthful of Birds ( 1986 ); Serious Money ( 1987 ); Ice Cream ( 1989 ); Hot Fudge ( 1989 ); Mad Forest ( 1990 ); The Skriker ( 1994 , about a shape-shifter);...

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