Read more
" There is great imagination and intrigue here, and it is eminently entertaining. " - The Guardian Backdropped by the bleak English moors, two sisters (and their dog) live a dreary existence, as they dream of forbidden love and power. So, when a hapless governess and a moor-hen arrive at their manor house, the two see a chance to claim what they''ve always wanted... no matter how destructive. A loving pastiche of the gothic genre, Jen Silverman echoes and channels the Bronte sisters in this irreverent celebration, that is equal parts brutal, lusty, and deranged. A macabre, queer thriller, The Moors is published in Methuen Drama''s Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Christine Scarfuto.
About the author
Jen Silverman (they/them) is a playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Plays include: The Moors, The Roommate, Spain, Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties, and Witch. Their plays have been produced on Broadway, off-Broadway, across the United States, and internationally in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, and elsewhere. Books include the story-collection The Island Dwellers, and novels We Play Ourselves and There’s Going to be Trouble (Random House). Silverman is a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a grateful alum of New Dramatists, and a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris. Honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim.
