Light Shining in Buckinghamshire

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire
Written by Caryl Churchill

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire is play by British playwright Caryl Churchill written in 1976.[1] The play dramatizes the Putney Debates.[2] Characters in the play include Diggers, Levellers and Ranters.[3] Their idealism is contrasted with the pragmatism of Oliver Cromwell and Henry Ireton.[4] The play was Churchill's first collaboration with the Joint Stock Theatre Company.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Kate Kellaway (26 April 2015). "Light Shining in Buckinghamshire review – arguments fought with fire". The Observer. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, by Caryl Churchill". Times Higher Education. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Cavendish, Dominic (24 April 2015). "Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, National Theatre, review: 'radical'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Henry Hitchings (24 April 2015). "Light Shining in Buckinghamshire theatre review: vision of English Civil War is meaty but still hard to digest at the National". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Mel Gussow (February 17, 1991). "Review/Theater; Revolution As Seen By Caryl Churchill". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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