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A gripping and unsettling parable, Foxfinder is a darkly comic exploration of belief, desire and responsibility, set in a world both strange and familiar.
William Bloor, a 'foxfinder', arrives at Sam and Judith Covey's farm to investigate a suspected contamination. He is driven by his education and beliefs to unearth and destroy an animal that threatens man's civilisation, and to remain free from its influence himself. As his investigations proceed, the events that follow change the course of all their lives - for ever.
Winner of the 2011 Papatango New Writing Competition.
'Dawn King's play shines out like a beacon... the most compelling new work I have seen this year' Guardian
William Bloor, a 'foxfinder', arrives at Sam and Judith Covey's farm to investigate a suspected contamination. He is driven by his education and beliefs to unearth and destroy an animal that threatens man's civilisation, and to remain free from its influence himself. As his investigations proceed, the events that follow change the course of all their lives - for ever.
Winner of the 2011 Papatango New Writing Competition.
'Dawn King's play shines out like a beacon... the most compelling new work I have seen this year' Guardian
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Reviews
"'Sharp of tooth and riddled with a clawing dread, Dawn King's 2011 rural drama is a fierce and fabulous beast... King's writing feels at once wonderfully strange and naggingly familiar, with echoes of Caryl Churchill's Far Away and Arthur Miller's The Crucible'"
The Stage
"'The play, riddled with alternative facts, conspiracy theories and fake news, sits right at home in the post-truth world we're told we live in'"
WhatsOnStage
"'A darkly thrilling new play'"
Daily Telegraph