Midwinter
| Title | Midwinter |
| Year for Search | 2004 |
| Authors | Harris, Zinnie |
| Pagination | 77 pp. |
| Date Published | 2004 |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Place Published | London |
| ISBN Number | 9780571226269 |
| Keywords | English author, Female author, Scottish author |
| Annotation | Although the first performed and published, the play is the middle volume of a trilogy of plays and is the most explicitly dystopian of them. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, October 5, 2004. It is set during a long, devastating war where starvation is the norm survival the principal value. The first of the plays within the chronology is Solstice. London: Faber and Faber, 2005, first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 30, 2008. It depicts conflicts within an intergenerational family as they are forced to settle in an authoritarian state. The last of the plays within that chronology is Fall. London: Faber and Faber, 2008, first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, July 24, 2008. It depicts the aftermath of the war and depicts a war crimes trial. |
| Info Notes | The first of the plays within the chronology is Solstice. London: Faber and Faber, 2005, first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 30, 2008. It depicts conflicts within an intergenerational family as they are forced to settle in an authoritarian state. The last of the plays within that chronology is Fall. London: Faber and Faber, 2008, first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, July 24, 2008. It depicts the aftermath of the war and depicts a war crimes trial. |
| Holding Institutions | NNU |
| Author Note | The female author was born and educated in England and raised and lives in Scotland. |
| Full Text | 2004 Harris, Zinnie. Midwinter. London: Faber and Faber. 77 pp. NNU Although the first performed and published, the play is the middle volume of a trilogy of plays and is the most explicitly dystopian of them. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, October 5, 2004. It is set during a long, devastating war where starvation is the norm survival the principal value. The first of the plays within the chronology is Solstice. London: Faber and Faber, 2005, first performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, March 30, 2008. It depicts conflicts within an intergenerational family as they are forced to settle in an authoritarian state. The last of the plays within that chronology is Fall. London: Faber and Faber, 2008, first performed at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, July 24, 2008. It depicts the aftermath of the war and depicts a war crimes trial. The female author was born and educated in England and raised and lives in Scotland. |
