Kane, Sarah (1971-2000), inglesa:Amaldiçoado (1995);
Fedra Apaixonada (1996);
Purificado (1998);
Carência (1998).
That’s putting it lightly; Sarah Kane’s relatively small body of work (she had written five plays, including Cleansed at the time of her death in 1999), is renowned for being just about the most powerful and visceral theatre written in the last 20 years. However, with this new production of Cleansed (directed by Sean Holmes), the Oxford Stage Company is particularly keen to explore an aspect of Kane’s plays which is somewhat less well known; their innate humanity. “This was something we all felt from the off: when it was first produced it was all saturated in its own cheerlessness, in fact there was a more complex story behind it than simply the fact tat it was gloomy. There’s a humour in it, a warmth and a tenderness which brings all the other colours into sharp relief. There is something affirming about it.”
