Old rehearsal and General rehearsal
Ireland, 1652. The British Parliament accepts the most cruel statuteof its history, the law entitled “ In hell or to Connaught” . The Irish inhabitants – man, woman, children also – are cast away to one of the islands most deserted territory, others get tied up, put on a boat and sent across the sea. The resisters are executed. British soldiers get six pounds for every shot wolf and every head of Irish rebel.
A girl is more afraid of people than wolfs. On Christmas Eve she gets caught too. Yellow, threatening eyes in the woods. They are watching. Waiting. In a room a baby cries. Dad is a British lord, Mom is Irish. In a village nearby people are crawling on the ground, trying to get some strength from the bones dogged out. Catholic priest are hanging along the road. A married couple’s love turns to hatred. Mist and darkness. A clearing in the woods. Woman and man are standing face to face, they are not mother and father anymore. The forest moves behind their backs. Wolfs? Humans?
The British playwright, Helen Edmunson (1964) is most well know after her adaptations and classical transcriptions. Her plays are regularly played on stages al over Britain. The owner of several prizes, for The clearing she got the John Whiting prize and the Time Out prize.
A girl is more afraid of people than wolfs. On Christmas Eve she gets caught too. Yellow, threatening eyes in the woods. They are watching. Waiting. In a room a baby cries. Dad is a British lord, Mom is Irish. In a village nearby people are crawling on the ground, trying to get some strength from the bones dogged out. Catholic priest are hanging along the road. A married couple’s love turns to hatred. Mist and darkness. A clearing in the woods. Woman and man are standing face to face, they are not mother and father anymore. The forest moves behind their backs. Wolfs? Humans?
The British playwright, Helen Edmunson (1964) is most well know after her adaptations and classical transcriptions. Her plays are regularly played on stages al over Britain. The owner of several prizes, for The clearing she got the John Whiting prize and the Time Out prize.