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Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. review – Caryl Churchill's compelling quartet

Royal Court, London
Churchill’s four new pieces entertainingly explore myths, mundanity and gore

Every Caryl Churchill play is an experiment with form. Her latest work comprises four pieces that get progressively longer as the evening continues. But, while each work has its own distinct identity, the unifying factor is the human need for myths, legends and stories and the imminence, as well as the immanence, of death. Together they make a strangely compelling quartet.

The last piece, Imp, is much the longest and a mix of the funny and macabre. It presents us with a couple of ageing cousins who live together in fractious harmony and whose sedate existence is governed by a dark secret. Jimmy is a depressive who finds solace in running and who recounts overheard stories that echo King Lear, Hamlet and Oedipus Rex.

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