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Silence is a 1999 play by Moira Buffini, loosely based on the history of Dark Ages England but also drawing on New Millennium concerns at the time of its writing. It is set in Canterbury and Cumbria and on a journey between the two. It received its London premiere at the Arcola Theatre in August 2005.
Moira Buffini’s plays include Blavatsky’s Tower (Machine Room), Gabriel (Soho Theatre), Silence (Birmingham Rep), Loveplay (Royal Shakespeare Company), Dinner (National Theatre and West End), Dying for It, adapted from The Suicide by Nikolai Erdman (Almeida), A Vampire Story ... View full profile.
Sep 3, 2014 · 'Silence' by Moira Buffini is an apocalyptic medieval comedy-drama with a resonant core message: Every generation fears it may be the last (but all generations have so far been wrong). The play 'Silence' explores both gender and religious values (Norse/Christian) with sensitivity, humour and intelligence...
Sep 4, 2003 · Silence, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, at the Storefront Theater. Moira Buffini’s 1999 play about gender, class, and power struggles in medieval England owes a huge debt to Caryl Churchill.
- Kerry Reid
Aug 12, 2005 · Theatre. This article is more than 18 years old. Review. Silence. Arcola, London. Elisabeth Mahoney. Fri 12 Aug 2005 19.01 EDT. P laywright Moira Buffini is best known for her black comedy...
- Elisabeth Mahoney
Moira Buffini's Silence takes us back a thousand years to the English 'Dark Ages' and the reign of King Ethelred, set between Canterbury and Cumbria. Ethelred's people are suffering from Viking attacks, but Ethelred's mental health appears to be deteriorating swiftly as he is afraid to leave his bed, ruling England by sending orders via his ...
Silence is an early work by Moira Buffini, whose subsequent output includes Olivier–nominated Dinner and Welcome to Thebes for the stage and the screenplays of Tamara Drewe and Jane Eyre for the movies. Set in the Dark Ages, Silence is a darkly comic look at power.
