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298158Caryl Churchill: Top Girls, The Skriker, Serious Money, A Number and morehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/caryl-churchill-top-girls-the-skriker-serious-money-a-number-and-more/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1611843/6691796b-704e-4a8a-be67-c8510d0670dc.jpg?v=638338470135030000360360MXNBBC AudioInStock/Audiolibros/298154Caryl Churchill: Top Girls, The Skriker, Serious Money, A Number and more360360https://www.gandhi.com.mx/caryl-churchill-top-girls-the-skriker-serious-money-a-number-and-more/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1611843/6691796b-704e-4a8a-be67-c8510d0670dc.jpg?v=638338470135030000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20239781529188059_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9781529188059_<p><strong>BBC Audio presents a collection of innovative plays by esteemed British playwright Caryl Churchill</strong><br />Caryl Churchill has ripped the rule book of theatre and created some of best loved modern theatre masterpieces. In this collection we bring together full-cast productions from the BBC radio archive some of her seminal pieces alongside a range of her radio dramas produced for the BBC. These pieces star a wealth of talent from <strong>Prunella Scales, Michael Gambon, Daniel Craig, Maxine Peake, Lesley Manville, Lesley Sharp, Bertie Carvel, Tobias</strong> <strong>Menzies, Dinsdale Landen</strong> and <strong>David Horovitch</strong>.</p><p><strong>Top Girls</strong> was one of the first plays to engage directly with Thatcherism. Marlene, a modern, successful woman of the 1980s, entertains five guests from the past at her dinner party with a difference. The opening scene is also the plays most famous.</p><p><strong>Serious Money</strong> The City has changed since the Big Bang of 1986 and the sudden deregulation of the financial markets. The Square Mile has been invaded by white knights and corporate raiders. And ambitious young traders, like sister and brother Scilla and Jake Todd, are living the high life. Hot-shot dealer Billy Corman is plotting to take over the unsuspecting company Albion, aided and abetted by this new breed of yuppie traders. But his plans go awry when trader Jake Todd is found dead and the Department of Trade and Industry is brought in to investigate. Could Jakes death be linked to his insider dealing?</p><p><strong>The Skriker</strong> In a broken world, two sisters Lily and Josie meet an extraordinary creature. The Skriker is a shapeshifter, an ancient fairy. She can be an old woman, a child, a man, a death portent. She has come from the Underworld to pursue seduce and entrap them, through time and space, through this world and her own. Blending naturalism, horror and magical realism, this play is a story of love, loss and revenge.</p><p><strong>A Number</strong> In the near future, conflict arises between a father, Salter, and his sons (Bernard 1, Bernard 2 and Michael Black) - two of whom are clones of the first - in this exploration of human cloning and identity,</p><p><strong>Escaped Alone</strong> Bright sunlight and birdsong flood a back garden where four septuagenarian women chat - and even sing - over afternoon tea. Mrs Jarrett occasionally steps into another world, a dark place, describe a contemporary world ravaged by biblical plagues. Shes part prophet of a disturbing future, part refugee stepping out of a distorted, troubling present.</p><p><strong>Light Shining in Buckinghamshire</strong> First performed in 1976, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire focuses on the millennial movements that erupted during the English civil war in the 1640s</p><p><strong>Ants</strong> Young Tim, who is affected by his parents domestic war, finds solace in watching an ant colony, but is soon pushed to breaking point.</p><p><strong>Identical Twins</strong> Outwardly, Teddy and Clive look alike and they both share a similar upbringing -<br />but, however identical they appear, they possess different identities as individuals. As different as they try to be there are certain things in which they cannot help but be the same.</p><p><strong>Abortive</strong> A heterosexual couple in bed discuss how the womans recent abortion has impacted them.</p><p><strong>Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen</strong> In a dystopian future where violence and pollution makes going outside unsafe, two residents of a London tower block form a relationship and discuss the past they left behind.</p><p><strong>Schrebers Nervous Illness</strong> An adaptation of Daniel Paul Schrebers <em>Memoirs of My Nervous Illness</em>, which follows one mans experience of being institutionalised due to his schizophrenia.</p><p><strong>Perfect Happiness</strong> A wry look at a ten-year-old marriage and at the plight of the working girl.</p><p><strong>Henrys Past</strong> Alice and her family are visiting Henry, whose wife divorced him for the man Henry attacked and left needing to use a wheelchair.</p>...(*_*)9781529188059_<p><strong>A collection of dramatisations and original radio plays by the award-winning playwright - plus bonus documentary</strong></p><p>Caryl Churchill is one of Britains 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.</p><p>This 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 <em><strong>Top Girls</strong></em>, exploring the price women pay for success in a mans world. <em><strong>Serious Money</strong></em> satirises the corporate venality that followed the 1986 Big Bang; while <em><strong>The Skriker</strong></em> blends naturalism, horror and magical realism to tell a story of love, loss and revenge. Also included are <em><strong>A Number</strong></em>, a powerful look at human cloning and identity; <em><strong>Escaped Alone</strong></em>, a tale of four septuagenarian friends, afternoon tea and catastrophe; and <em><strong>Light Shining in Buckinghamshire</strong></em>, focussing on the millennial movements that erupted during the English Civil War in the 1640s.</p><p>Churchill 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 <em><strong>The Ants; Identical Twins; Abortive; Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen; Schrebers Nervous Illness; Perfect Happiness</strong></em> and<em><strong>Henrys Past</strong></em>.</p><p>Among the stellar cast in these superb dramas are <strong>Daniel Craig, Maxine Peake, Lesley Manville, Hattie Morahan, Michael Gambon, Tobias Menzies, Bertie Carvel,</strong> <strong>Deborah Findlay,</strong> <strong>Kenneth Haigh, Prunella Scales, Monica Dolan, Dinsdale Landen</strong> and <strong>Clive Merrison</strong>. Concluding our collection is a bonus edition of <em>Meridian</em>, taking an in-depth look at Churchills extraordinary oeuvre.</p><p><em><strong>NB: Contains strong language</strong></em></p><p><em>Production credits</em><br />Written by Caryl Churchill<br />Text copyright Caryl Churchill 1962 (<em>The Ants</em>), 1968 (<em>Identical Twins</em>), 1971 (<em>Abortive, Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen</em>), 1972 (<em>Schrebers Nervous Illness, Henrys Past</em>), 1973 (<em>Perfect Happiness</em>), 1976 (<em>Light Shining in Buckinghamshire</em>), 1982 (<em>Top Girls</em>), 1987 (<em>Serious Money</em>), 1994 (<em>The Skriker</em>), 2002 (<em>A Number</em>), 2016 (<em>Escaped Alone</em>)<br />All rights reserved</p><p><strong>Content List</strong></p><p><em><strong>Top Girls</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Serious Money</strong></em><br /><em><strong>The Skriker</strong></em><br /><em><strong>A Number</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Escaped Alone</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Light Shining in Buckinghamshire</strong></em><br /><em><strong>The Ants</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Identical Twins</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Abortive</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Schrebers Nervous Illness</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Perfect Happiness</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Henrys Past</strong></em><br /><em><strong>Meridian: Caryl Churchill</strong></em></p><p>2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd</p>...9781529188059_BBC Audioaudiolibro_9b74f25b-5ec0-3ef2-9518-6acffa2e65dc_9781529188059;9781529188059_9781529188059Caryl ChurchillInglésMéxicoNoMINUTE2023-03-09T00:00:00+00:00BBC Audio