{"id":69,"date":"2019-09-03T11:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2020-02-24T18:11:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T18:11:24","slug":"knives-in-hens-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/mark-fisher-chapters-in-books\/knives-in-hens-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Knives in Hens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Knives-Modern-Classics-David-Harrower\/dp\/1472574311\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=knives+in+hens+david+harrower+mark+fisher&amp;qid=1567508672&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Knives-in-Hens-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Knives in Hens with an introduction by Mark Fisher\" class=\"wp-image-60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Knives-in-Hens-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Knives-in-Hens.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By David Harrower<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Introduction to the 2015 edition by Mark Fisher<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The village has lied. William has lied. It is not because I am undeserving. Not because I am young and they are old. God has given them nothing. I know this now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knives in Hens is a brutal fable set in a timeless spartan rural community. First staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh in June 1995, before transferring to the Bush Theatre, London, in November 1995, the play was playwright David Harrower&#8217;s first professionally produced work. It has been staged in twenty-five countries around the world and is widely acknowledged as a modern Scottish classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A remarkable play about the transformative power of knowledge and an emerging consciousness as the world moves from rural to the urban and industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With an introduction by Mark Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Knives-Modern-Classics-David-Harrower\/dp\/1472574311\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=knives+in+hens+david+harrower+mark+fisher&amp;qid=1567508672&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Buy Knives in Hens (opens in a new tab)\">Buy Knives in Hens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Harrower Introduction to the 2015 edition by Mark Fisher The village has lied. William has lied. It is not because I am undeserving. Not because I am young and they are old. God has given them nothing. I know this now. Knives in Hens is a brutal fable set in a timeless spartan &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/mark-fisher-chapters-in-books\/knives-in-hens-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Knives in Hens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":78,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/112"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markfisher.theatrescotland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}