Blackbird (play)

Blackbird
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Written byDavid Harrower
CharactersUna Spencer
Ray Brooks
Date premiered2005
Place premieredEdinburgh Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
Original languageEnglish
SubjectAn uneasy reunion between a woman and a middle-aged man fifteen years after he sexually abused her when she was twelve
GenreDrama
SettingOffice break room

Blackbird is a 2005 play written by Scottish playwright David Harrower. It was inspired in part by the crimes of sex offender Toby Studebaker, and depicts a young woman meeting a middle-aged man fifteen years after being sexually abused by him when she was twelve.

David Harrower's Blackbird is not to be confused with the Adam Rapp play of the same name.