| The Castle: A Triumph | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:The_Castle_Howard_Barker_Poster.jpg) Poster advertising The Wrestling School's 1993 production of the play in association with the Nottingham Playhouse | |
| Written by | Howard Barker |
| Date premiered | 18 October 1985 |
| Place premiered | The Pit, Barbican Centre, Britain |
| Original language | English |
The Castle: A Triumph (often shortened to The Castle) is a stage play by Howard Barker.[1] It was performed 18 October – 22 November 1985 by the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Pit in The Barbican Centre as part of a season of three Barker plays (the other two being revival productions of Downchild and Crimes in Hot Countries). The play was directed by Nick Hamm with Ian McDiarmid playing the role of Stucley.[2]
The play was, in part, inspired by the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, which was set up by female protestors who were campaigning for nuclear disarmament. Barker has stated that "Greenham was one of the starting points for The Castle – probably because my wife was involved with that. I found that a very symbolic event."[3]
The Castle is regarded as being amongst Barker's "best known plays".[4][5]
- ^ Barker, Howard (2006). Howard Barker: Plays Two: The Castle, Gertrude – The Cry, Animals in Paradise, 13 Objects. London: Oberon Books Ltd. pp. 7–77. ISBN 1-84002-648-0.
- ^ Herbert, Ian, ed. (November 1985). "The Castle". London Theatre Record. Vol. V, no. 21. England: Ian Herbert. pp. 1015–1019. ISSN 0261-5282.
- ^ Lamb, Charles (2011). "'Articulate explorers in an age of populism'". In Brown, Mark (ed.). Howard Barker Interviews 1980-2010: Conversations in Catastrophe. Intellect Ltd. p. 39. ISBN 9781841503981. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Barker, Howard (2004). Death, the One and the Art of Theatre (Kindle ed.). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-34986-9.
- ^ Barker, Howard (15 November 1997). Arguments for a Theatre (Third ed.). Manchester University Press. back cover. ISBN 0719052491.