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Foxfinder
Author(s): Dawn King (Author)
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date: 28 Nov. 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 96 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781848422445
- ISBN-13: 9781848422445
Book Description
William Bloor, a foxfinder, arrives at Judith and Samuel Covey’s farm to investigate a suspected fox infestation. The Coveys’ harvest has failed to meet their target and the government wants to know why. Trained from childhood, William is fixated on his mission to unearth the animals that must be to blame for the Coveys’ woes. But as the hunt progresses, William finds more questions than answers…
A darkly comic, spell-binding dystopian drama, Foxfinder won the 2011 Papatango Prize for Playwriting and premiered at the Finborough Theatre, London. The play had its West End premiere at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 2018, in a production directed by Rachel O’Riordan, starring Iwan Rheon from Game of Thrones.
Editorial Reviews
Review
King’s script is wonderful – pairing rural paranoia with references to Soviet-esque purges and Great Terrors, she slowly unveils newer depths to her dystopian world with every passing scene… a fine exploration of human need for belief, and how easy it is to deny truth for the sake of personal reassurance. –WhatsOnStage
A subtly unsettling exploration of the fragility of belief. The script is seamless, a dystopian fable that hauntingly unfolds and rightly deserves its place on the West End stage… King is a master of her craft. –London Theatre
