We later discover this neighbour has choked to death on a bone of the deer he killed and cooked. She recalls finding her neighbour dead she has been watching the animals and feels they are acting strangely, almost in defiance. We learn she has been translating Blake’s work with her friend and ex-student Dizzy, alongside her job as a teacher. The house lights remain on and our protagonist Janina (Kathryn Hunter) invites us into her community through the use of the microphone, only briefly moving from it to interact with other characters on the stage.
We soon discover the notes are quoting the great poet William Blake. We begin with a black background, chairs and a microphone covered in Post-It notes. The play is essentially an extended monologue, with occasional dialogue and movement from the rest of its stellar cast. What could be described as a politically charged murder mystery, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead will make you question your own morals and eating habits. The story is based near the Czech-Polish border where members of a local hunting club are dying in mysterious circumstances.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead is a powerful, unrelenting, moral play.
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