FEN is a thought-provoking piece, centering on a tight community in the fens of east England. The play suggests at being set in 1980's, and whilst it sounds very 'fluffy bunny-lambs-buttercups-please close the gate' type of play, it is far from it. The play has a very dark side, and deals with issues such as child abuse, suicide, separation, and first and foremost the plight of the farming economy and life in the country.
The playwright is Caryl Churchill, one of the leading feminist writers of recent years. Her most well known play is perhaps Top Girls, her style in many plays, including Fen, is often experimental, and to research Fen she spent a lot of time in the rural parts of Lincolnshire, Cambridge shire and East Anglia. She got to know the people and way of life, and so it is possible that the characters and events in Fen were based on real people. Churchill is reported to have said that out of all of her plays, this is the one, which was based the most on real people and......
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