Review: Knives in Hens

(Note: there are spoilers in this review).Written in 1995, David Harrower’s first play, Knives in Hens, already has the status of a modern classic. This is no empty claim. It’s an extraordinary play: radical in its language, profound in its thought, and utterly original.Set in an imaginary pre-industrial landscape, it follows a deeply strange love triangle between three characters: a ploughman,