A revised edition of this satirical study of the effects of the Big Bang, which caused the ... more
inhabitants of London City to applaud and decry its presentation of their lives. Since then it has provoked city financiers the world over to heated debate.
Perhaps Caryl Churchill's most notorious play, Serious Money is a satirical study of the ... more
effects of the Big Bang, which has prompted city financiers to applaud and decry its presentation of their lives. This edition contains an introduction, commentary and questions for study.
Advantages: An interesting,thought provoking play Disadvantages: a bit too feminist and references to Thatcher made in it!
Top Girls by CarylChurchill is a special play to me because I performed it as part of my A Level assessment at college and later found that I had to write a 3,000 word assignment on it in my third year at Uni. This was of course a bonus having studied the text before!
Churchill is very big on anything to do with money. Several of her plays focus around this including top girls and her other play seriousmoney. Top Girls is set in the 1980’s in the Thatcher years and takes a look at the role of women in these times. The play focuses upon two sisters Marlene and Joyce. Marlene owns the recruitment agency ‘Top Girls’ and is a highflying businesswoman. She believes that anybody can achieve anything if they work properly and have ambition and drive. Marlene is a successful women who is driven by power. At the time that ...
Advantages: Thought-provoking, intriguing. Disadvantages: Depressing and sometimes uncomfortable.
FEN is an thought-provoking piece, centering on a tight community in the fens of east England. The play suggests at being set in 1980's, and whilst it sounds very 'fluffybunny-lambs-buttercups-please close the gate' type of play, it is far from it. The play has a very dark side, and deals with issues such as child abuse, suicide, seperation, and first and foremost the plight of the farming economy and life in the country.
The playwright is CarylChurchill, one of the leading feminist writers of recent years. Her most well known play is perhaps Top Girls, in which actress Gwen Taylor has performed in. Her style in many plays, including Fen, is often experimental, and to research Fen she spent a lot of time in the rural parts of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and East Anglia. This was with the theatre ...
