Writing

Caryl Churchill

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Known For

Top GirlsTop Girls · 1991
Top Girls
1991
MovieDramaTV Movie
Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.
A NumberA Number · 2008
A Number
5.02008
MovieScience FictionDrama
A father is confronted by the sons he had cloned decades earlier. Based on a play by Caryl Churchill.
The After Dinner JokeThe After Dinner Joke · 1978
The After Dinner Joke
7.51978
MovieComedyTV Movie
A comic extravaganza about a young woman's adventures in the world of big business charity.
Seven Jewish ChildrenSeven Jewish Children · 2025
Seven Jewish Children
2025
Movie
Based on the play by Caryl Churchill, this film shows the Jewish journey from Russia in 1903 to Palestine in 2009. It humanizes and visualizes the progression from oppressed to oppressors whilst imploring it's audience for open conversation and empathy.
National Theatre Live: Top GirlsNational Theatre Live: Top Girls · 2019
National Theatre Live: Top Girls
2019
MovieDramaComedy
Now hiring: top girls wanted for prestige positions. Must be self-motivated go-getters with an appetite for success. No timewasters. Marlene is the first woman to head the Top Girls employment agency. But she has no plans to stop there. With Maggie in at Number 10 and a spirit of optimism consuming the country, Marlene knows that the future belongs to women like her.
The Legion Hall BombingThe Legion Hall Bombing · 1978
The Legion Hall Bombing
9.01978
MovieDramaTV Movie
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
CrimesCrimes · 1982
Crimes
1982
Movie
2002: In a paranoid UK, with the threat of nuclear war ever closer and prisons full to bursting, four convicts tell of the ‘crimes’ they have committed, some seemingly innocuous by today’s standards… at least, at first.
National Theatre at Home: Cloud 9
Mar 1, 2027
National Theatre at Home: Cloud 9 · 2027
National Theatre at Home: Cloud 9
2027
MovieDrama
In Victorian Africa, where Clive is a colonial administrator and patriarch, his wife, son and servant struggle to be what's expected of them. When the family turn up a hundred years later in 1970s London, what can they make of themselves in a world where empire lingers and freedom calls? With its audacious theatricality and razor-sharp wit, Caryl Churchill's landmark work continues to challenge how we think about gender, power, and the legacies of empire. Dominic Cooke directs a bold new production that brings fresh urgency to this daring and satirical classic, which was filmed live at the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre in London, UK.

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