Comment on the theme and style of the poem ‘The Heart of the Tree’
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One of the great things about Caryl Churchill is that she anticipates the future while acknowledging the past. You see that in this brilliant 1997 double bill now getting a long overdue revival: while the two plays have had a big influence on younger dramatists, Churchill follows Beckett in dramatising the act of waiting and Ionesco in capturing the emptiness of everyday communication.
In the first play, Heart’s Desire, two parents nervously await the arrival of their daughter from Australia. The scene is endlessly repeated with variations both hilarious and shocking: with each ring of the doorbell, Churchill pulls off a surreal surprise, yet the agony of waiting also reveals the mutual detestation of the marital couple and their joint despair at their alcoholic son. It is both one of the funniest short plays ever written and a reminder of the savagery that often lies beneath the surface of family life.
In the first play, Heart’s Desire, two parents nervously await the arrival of their daughter from Australia. The scene is endlessly repeated with variations both hilarious and shocking: with each ring of the doorbell, Churchill pulls off a surreal surprise, yet the agony of waiting also reveals the mutual detestation of the marital couple and their joint despair at their alcoholic son. It is both one of the funniest short plays ever written and a reminder of the savagery that often lies beneath the surface of family life.
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