Knives in Hens
From: Thursday, 2nd February 2012
To: Saturday, 18 February 2012
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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:
11 February 2012
David Harrower’s 1995 play offers a subtle exploration of repression and discovery in an isolated rural community some time before the last century. It centres on a young ploughman and his wife and their relationship with a miller, who they dislike but rely on to grind their grain.
Gradually it is revealed that all is not well in the marriage; the ploughman is controlling and unfaithful, and the wife is gradually drawn to the sceptical and free-spirited miller. Eventually the pair of them murder the husband, but their alliance is never more than flesh-deep and the play ends with the wife happily farming on her own and the miller leaving for the city.
The play’s language is sparse and poetic, with no words wasted. Thomasin Marshall’s subtle design of bleached boards with reeds peeping through is exploited beautifully by lighting designer Sonne Noppen, and Maura Guthrie’s evocative sound design offers a slightly menacing mood music.
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David Harrower (Author)
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