Anatomy of a Suicide

“Alice Birch’s new play is scored like a piece of music … It is an extraordinary echoing text full of pain and strange beauty. The three stories play out simultaneously on stage the dialogue from one scene overlapping with the other two in a manner that borders on the choral … Birch has provided a text that explores these ideas in a formally invigorating way.” The StageThree generations of women. For each the chaos of what has come before brings with it a painful legacy.A powerful unflinching look at a family afflicted with severe depression and mental illness. Presented as a triptych of plays performed side by side this groundbreaking play reverberates with audiences and readers. Published for the first time in Methuen Drama’s Modern Classics series this edition features a brand new introduction by Ava Davies. Language: English