Knives in Hens
From: Tuesday, 2nd February 2010
To: Saturday, 27 February 2010
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Synopsis
In a remote, rural village, a young woman is married to the local ploughman but strikes up an unlikely relationship with the miller. What she learns from him will change their lives forever. Knives and Hens is set in an isolated community in rural eighteenth-century Scotland. A world which is governed by the rules of the Church, Elders and Laird, and the villagers are defined by their working roles. Here the individual must go against ancient tradition and develop powers of expression if they are to fight for an identity. David Harrower's first play which premiered at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 1995.
Our Review:
10 February 2010
The title of David Harrower’s 1995 debut Knives in Hens is an acutely powerful one. It prompts a reaction in people that cuts through understanding and causes them to physically shudder. It is a response that is in keeping with this play, where the written word is made sacred and the divine in nature is poetically evoked through the seemingly pedestrian act of naming.
Language is under the microscope here as sentences that have no space for florid ‘artistic’ themes transcend their mundane purpose to become detailed descriptions of greatness. A ploughman’s wife talks us through God's creation of the universe with glistening eyes as she is tempted away from her husband, 'Pony' William, his nickname darkly hinting at a stranger, more primal connection than that of just owner and animal. Her temptation comes in the form of the local miller, hated by the village for his lazy appropriation of their hard-earned corn.
'Darkly h...
Latest User Review
Alicia Weston - 17 February 2010:
Really enjoyed this. Is a real insight into what the dark ages must have been like for people living in a small village, and just how little and how superstitious and uninformed the world was then. That's what the play is about - the bumpf the Arcola gives tells you nothing. Well acted, particularly the leading lady. I would recommend....
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David Harrower (Author)
Arcola Theatre (Producer)
Serdar Bilis (Director)
Mario Rijo (Music)
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