Unclassifiable. Classify under poetry, theatre, Shakespeare.
Carolyn Lloyd Davies, Playwright, Artistic Director of Living the Drama, Oxford.
The poems shake Shakespearean fragments into shifting, prismatic patterns. Lines separated from the hum of dialogue are revitalised in shimmering new assemblages.
Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford.
I love the idea of all the contradictions held in trying to begin something. And the idea of picking up a mangled matter and making a dream. In these pieces, the feeling of someone trying to express themselves from a position that feels impossible came across to me very powerfully.
Jane Fallowfield, Literary Manager, Royal Court Theatre, London.
Superb! The line I will play. I will say nothing. I will see what I can do in I Will Begin really jumped out at me for the modulation of phrases and the juxtaposition of heightened and everyday language its a mesmerising effect used so well in these poems.
Luke Kennard, Poet, Professor of Creative Writing, Birmingham.
Surprising and haunting.
Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan Professor of the Humanities, Harvard.
