Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. London Reviews and Tickets
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[Churchill's] latest, ‘Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.’ is a virtuoso quartet of plays that will probably take years to digest fully, in which her almost supernatural powers of language remain entirely undimmed.'
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It has its funny-peculiar moments, the acting hooks you in, but it’s overlong. Overall, then, this passes the time well enough. Does it define the times, in an essential way? Not so much.'
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All [of Churchill's] work is precision-engineered but her late plays feel like Picasso's late sketches. The line is so fine, the image ferociously truthful, pared to the bone yet rich in implication.'
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Churchill has long been heralded for her challenging games around a theatrical form, and these plays are no exception...These are variously bracing playlets of intellectual teases and puzzles...'
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In her captivating quartet of new works – the thrillingly theatrical equivalent of three short stories and a novella...[Churchill] casts an immediate spell over her audience...'
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Quite simply, no one does it better. From the pre-eminent theatre artist Caryl Churchill comes a quartet of reflections on the human condition, crystalline in their grace and lucidity, audacious in their form.'
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Caryl Churchill's compelling quartet...The latest from the daring playwright is a fascinating four-part exploration into our appetite for blood-soaked myth.'
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...a typically imaginative quartet of short plays. Each of them is vividly distinct, being linguistically agile, theatrically pleasurable and emotionally dark...'
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