num_pages: 64
description: Premiered at the Royal National Theatre, London, this extraordinary new play by one of Britain's leading playwrights combines English folk tales with modern urban life. In terms of its language alone, it is as exciting and challenging on the page as on the stage. The play follows the Skriker, 'a shapeshifter and death portent, ancient and damaged,' in its search for love and revenge as it pursues two young women to London, changing its shape at every new encounter. Along with the Skriker come Rawheadandbloodybones, the Kelpie, the Green Lady, Black Dog and more, till the whole country is swarming with enticing and angry creatures that have burst from the underworld.
language: English
title: The Skriker
titlecomplete: The Skriker
characters: The Skriker, Black Annis, Green Lady, Woman with Kelpie, Rawheadandbloodybones, Thrumpins, Yallerybrown, Hag, Great-Great-Granddaughter, Granddaughter, Josie (The Skriker), Dark Fairy, Passerby, Picnic Family, Girl with Telescope, Lost Girl, Nellie Longarms, Jenny Greenteeth, Dead Child, Fair Fairy, Jimmy Squarefoot, Bogle, Black Dog, Blue Men, Man with Cloth and Bucket, Businessmen, Lily (The Skriker), The Kelpie, Brownie, Sproggan
genres: Theatre, Drama, British Literature, Fantasy, Plays, Folklore, 20th Century, Contemporary, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 590
publisher: Theatre Communications Group