A Number

A Number

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<div>Caryl Churchill, hailed by Tony Kushner as "the greatest living English language playwright," has turned her extraordinary dramatic gifts to the subject of human cloning—how might a man feel to discover that he is only one in a number of identical copies. And which one of him is the original. . . ?<BR><BR>“Churchill’s harrowing bioethics fable leaves us with a number of things to chew on.” –Kris Vire, <I>Time Out Chicago</I><BR><BR>“<I>A Number</I> confirms Churchill’s status as the first dramatist of the 21st century. On the face of it, it is human cloning… Like all Churchill’s best plays, <I>A Number deals</I> with both the essentials and the extremities of human experience… The questions this brilliant, harrowing play asks are almost unanswerable, which is why they must be asked.” –<I>Sunday Times</I><BR><BR>“Caryl Churchill’s magnificent new play only last an hour but contains more drama, and more ideas, than most writers manage in a dozen full-length works.” –<I>Daily Telegraph</I><BR><BR><B>Caryl Churchill</B> has written for the stage, television and radio. A renowned and prolific playwright, her plays include<I> Cloud Nine, Top Girls, Far Away, Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?, Bliss, Love and Information, Mad Forest</I> and <I>A Number</I>. In 2002, she received the Obie Lifetime Achievement Award and 2010, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.<br></div>