Barnes Plays: 2

A selection of plays by &quote;one of the most original and biting comic writers working in Britain&quote; (The Times)The Spirit of Man is &quote;an ingenious triple-bill exploring Man's need for faith through three short satires based in medieval France, Protectorate England and nineteenth-century Eastern Europe&quote; (Independent); Nobody Here But Us Chickens is a linked trilogy of satires on New Age, corporate and bedroom politics. Red Noses is a political satire about the plague and takes place in 1348. Set in medieval Italy during a crisis in the Church, Sunsets and Glories is &quote;a work of the highest and most thrilling theatrical energy&quote; (Independent on Sunday), whilst Bye Bye Columbus is a &quote;highly entertaining&quote; (Guardian) television play.&quote;Peter Barnes is one of the unrecognised geniuses of the English theatre&quote; (Plays and Players)