Overview
'I have no name for the thing which is in my head. It is not envy. It is
more than envy. It does not scare me. I must look close enough to look
at what it is.'
A ploughman and his wife live a simple existence in a pre-industrial
time until they, along with the hated local miller, are drawn into a
struggle of knowledge, power and attraction.
David Harrower's haunting play established him as one of the UK's
leading contemporary playwrights. This new edition is published to
coincide with the new production of this tense modern classic at the
Donmar Warehouse in August 2017, directed by Yael Farber.