{"product_id":"mad-forest-caryl-churchill-9781559361149","title":"Mad Forest: A Play from Romania","description":"\"Bristles with the intelligence and insight of a major writer.\" -\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliantly ... evoke[s] the mood of a country through snapshot images.\" -\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An act of moral commitment as well as theatrical virtuosity.\" -\u003ci\u003eLondon Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMad Forest\u003c\/i\u003e explores the reactions of ordinary people to confused events, focusing in particular on two families. What emerges is the dreadful damage done to people's lives by repression and the painful difficulties of lasting change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaryl Churchill's play about the Romanian revolution was written after she, the director and a group of students from London's Central School of Speech and Drama went to Romania to work with acting students there. The play was first performed in 1990, only three months after their return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaryl Churchill\u003c\/b\u003e has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include\u003ci\u003e Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Number\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caryl Churchill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155936114X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781559361149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Theatre Communications Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.11w x 0.34d","brand":"Caryl Churchill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132266049791,"sku":"9781559361149","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_32b6c3e2-08c0-44d9-91cc-d605ed813e49.jpg?v=1687479197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mad-forest-caryl-churchill-9781559361149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}