A Number
May 2003
Trade Paperback · 64 Pages
$11.95 U.S.
ISBN 9781559362252
Theatre Communications Group
Trade Paperback · 64 Pages
$11.95 U.S.
ISBN 9781559362252
Theatre Communications Group
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Description
Caryl Churchill, hailed by Tony -Kushner as the greatest living English language playwright, has turned her extraordinary dramatic gifts to the subject of human cloning—how might a man feel to discover that he is only one in a number of identical copies. And which one of him is the original… ? A Number opens in London’s Royal Court Theatre in October, directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot).
Caryl Churchill is the author of some twenty plays including Cloud Nine, Top Girls, The Skriker, Blue Heart and Far Away.
Caryl Churchill is the author of some twenty plays including Cloud Nine, Top Girls, The Skriker, Blue Heart and Far Away.
About the Author
Caryl Churchill (1938–) is probably the most respected woman dramatist in the English-speaking world. She is the author of some twenty plays including Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Serious Money, The Skriker, Blue Heart, Far Away and A Number, seen and admired all over the world. CARYL CHURCHILL's plays include Cloud Nine (revived in 2007 to huge acclaim at the Almeida, London), Top Girls, Serious Money, The Skriker, Blue Heart, Far Away and A Number. Most are published by NHB.