Fallen Angel

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• Crossing the Bar [ 1992]
  author: Lucy Gough
  synopsis:
  BBC Wales Writer of the Year Award 1994. Finalist. Short-listed John Whiting Award 1994. Commissioned and toured nationally in 1994 by Fallen Angel Theatre Company, including the World Premiere at the Hay-On-Wye Literary Festival. Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Green Room, Manchester. Has been translated into Croatian and will be Broadcast on Croatian National Radio on the 19th March 2001. A stage play about death in custody. A young remand prisoner hangs himself in his cell; in Limbo he finds a novice 'Nun' from the Middle Ages who has starved herself to death. Together they discover of the power of the imagination as they confront 'the Keeper' and 'the Boy' finds a way to life. "Lucy Gough's play Crossing the Bar spans the gulf of years and of understanding that lies between medieval and present day experience. Her vital and innovative use of language embraces both male and female, sacred and profane." Michael Povey, Playwright and Award Judge.