Knives In Hens

Playing Up Presents
Knives in Hens

By David Harrower

Best known for his play, Blackbird, this is David Harrower’s astonishing debut.

Set in a God-fearing, pre-industrial rural community, a young woman comes to terms with old grudges and factions, an unexpected betrayal and a growing awareness of her place in the world.

It's about how a young peasant woman meets a miller who offers her the opportunity to awaken and learn. It's about giving one woman the power of the written word, a power that we take for granted but which, once discovered, endowed humans with the ability to learn, to remember, to teach and to endure.