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Julie

Written by

August Strindberg

and

Zinnie Harris

Adapted by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ August Strindberg , Zinnie Harris ~playauthor~Adapted by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2006

Faber Drama

Playtext

Scenes: 3, Roles: Total (3), Female (2), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

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Summary
... an explosive conclusion that will shake the existing order to its core. Zinnie Harris's new version of Strindberg's nineteenth-century masterpiece, Miss Julie, relocates the play to central Scotland between the wars. The play premiered at Platform, Easterhouse, in a National Theatre of Scotland Ensemble production in September 2006....

Electra and Her Shadow (Part Three of This Restless House)  

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2016

Faber Drama

Playtext

Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (12), Female (5), Male (6), Unassigned (1)

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... takes up the mantle of avenging his father, continuing the bloodshed until peace is ultimately found in the rule of law. Zinnie Harris reimagines this ancient drama, using a contemporary sensibility to rework the stories,...

Fall

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2008

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 2, Scenes: 15, Roles: Total (8), Female (3), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

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... Fall is the last play in a trilogy by Zinnie Harris that examines the transforming effects of war. Solstice and Midwinter were performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2004-05. Fall opened at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in July 2008....

Solstice  

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2005

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 2, Scenes: 22, Roles: Total (8), Female (3), Male (5), Unassigned (0)

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...A family is riven by intergenerational conflict when forced to resettle in an oppressive state. Solstice explores themes of faith and terror in a world slipping out of control. Solstice marks...

The Wheel

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2011

Faber Drama

Playtext

Scenes: 9, Roles: Total (26), Female (9), Male (16), Unassigned (1)

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...A man is banished in a soldier's hearing. His daughter is left to wander. In a rash moment, Beatriz offers to take the child back to her father, and so starts an unimaginable journey across continents and in and out of war zones...

By Many Wounds

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 1998

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 2, Scenes: 14, Roles: Total (3), Female (2), Male (1), Unassigned (0)

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... By Many Wounds is an examination of ordinary lives made extraordinary through disaster. In this gripping story about love and loss, Zinnie Harris paints a haunting picture of a family coming to terms with grief...

The Bough Breaks (Part Two of This Restless House)  

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2016

Faber Drama

Playtext

Scenes: 14, Roles: Total (7), Female (3), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

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Summary
... takes up the mantle of avenging his father, continuing the bloodshed until peace is ultimately found in the rule of law. Zinnie Harris reimagines this ancient drama, using a contemporary sensibility to rework the stories,...

How to Hold Your Breath  

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2015

Faber Drama

Playtext

Acts: 20, Roles: Total (11), Female (6), Male (4), Unassigned (1)

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...Starting with a seemingly innocent one night stand, this dark, witty and magical play by Zinnie Harris dives into our recent European history. An epic look at the true cost of principles and how we live now, How to Hold Your Breath premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in February 2015....

Meet Me at Dawn  

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2017

Faber Drama

Playtext

Roles: Total (2), Female (2), Male (0), Unassigned (0)

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...Two women wash up on a distant shore following a violent boating accident. Dazed by their experience, they look for a path home. But they discover that this unfamiliar land is not what it seems – and that, though they may be together...

Midwinter

Written by

Zinnie Harris

~playauthor~Written by~ Zinnie Harris

Faber and Faber, 2004

Faber Drama

Playtext

Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (5), Female (1), Male (4), Unassigned (0)

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...A pedlar announces that the war is over and as the soldiers return in the fragile peace that follows, the starving people are left to build new lives, to forge new identities. Written in a spare and lyrical language, Midwinter is a play...