Knives in Hens " words illuminate life in the dark ages
Donmar Warehouse, LondonDavid Harrower's 1995 play explores the feral intensity of a marriage in medieval times, staged here with a fluid physicalityDavid Harrower's Knives in Hens (1995) is a tense, violent, unrelenting piece. One white feather after another falls on to a dark stage " a chicken is being plucked. Set in medieval times, the play explores the marriage between a young woman (superb and courageous Judith…