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Lucy Kirkwood

    National Theatre: Mosquitoes
    Chimerica
    Plays: One
    The Human Body
    Rapture
    The Welkin
    • The Human Body

      • 128 páginas
      • 5 horas de lectura

      A play of political and private passions, set in the 1940s against a backdrop of the foundation of the NHS. Premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2024.

      The Human Body2024
      4,1
    • Rapture

      • 112 páginas
      • 4 horas de lectura

      A slippery thriller for the stage, about love, power and belief. In a modern world where reality is whatever we imagine it to be, how do we know the stories we tell ourselves are true?

      Rapture2022
      4,4
    • The Welkin

      • 128 páginas
      • 5 horas de lectura

      The astonishing new play from the award-winning author of Chimerica and The Children. One life in the hands of 12 women. Rural Suffolk, 1759. Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of 12 matrons have to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose.

      The Welkin2020
      4,4
    • National Theatre: Mosquitoes

      • 96 páginas
      • 4 horas de lectura

      A story of sibling love that explores subjects closely linked to science: faith and reason, certainty and uncertainty, the pursuit of excellence and scientists’ constant struggle to balance their research ambitions with family life.

      National Theatre: Mosquitoes2017
      3,9
    • Plays: One

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      First collection of plays for the acclaimed writer of the multi-award-winning Chimerica.

      Plays: One2016
      3,9
    • Chimerica

      • 135 páginas
      • 5 horas de lectura

      A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West.

      Chimerica2013
      4,0