'There is a war coming... A war that will last for a hundred years... I think it is already here. I think we've been fighting it a long time.'
A young Jewish physicist and an activist poet meet at a party and fall in love. As society splinters around them, the couple's struggle to survive erupts into violence.
Cordelia Lynn's play Love and Other Acts of Violence is a subversive and intimate love story about inheritance and the cycles of politics and history. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in October 2021, directed by Elayce Ismail.
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'Audaciously jagged... mesmerising moments'
" - Guardian
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'Gripping'
" - Evening Standard
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'Cordelia Lynn is a young playwright with a distinctive voice. She's serious, and poetic and comes at problems and ideas from unusual angles'
" - Whatsonstage
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'A stunning piece of theatre... feels chillingly prescient'
" - British Theatre Guide
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'Superbly written... a very powerful piece of drama'
" - London Theatre 1
