Heredity

by Anthony Neilson

As Elaine and her father sit by her dying mother's hospice bed, Elaine finds the prolonged contact with her father a strain. And as other family members arrive, she begins to notice worrying similarities in the family's behaviour. A black comedy about the way ruinous relationships and mental illness pass from one generation to the next.

Audiobook

Published April 18, 2003

About the author

Anthony Neilson (born 1967) is a Scottish playwright and director. He is known for his collabo rative way of writing and workshopping his plays. Much of his work is characterised by the exploration of sex and violence.

Neilson has been cited as a key figure of In-yer-face theatre, a term used to characterise new plays with a confrontational style and sensibility that emerged in British theatre during the 1990s. He has been credited with coining the phrase "in-your-face theatre" but has rejected the label and instead describes his work as “'experiential' theatre”.

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Painful unraveling of family secrets around a mother’s deathbed.