Cloud Nine Summary
Caryl Churchill

Although it was obvious from her early radio play The Ants (1962) that Caryl Churchill could write good dialogue, she had difficulty translating that talent to a stage where she would be noticed. Neve... Read more

In the following assessment of Cloud Nine during its London run, Rorrison judges the plot confused, with no clear relation between the two parts of the play. What the Boy Saw, a Victorian colonial ... Read more

In the following review of the New York production of Cloud 9, Watt considers the play "ill-balanced, " faulting the startling shift in scene and tone between the two acts. The first ... Read more

In the following essay, Amoko argues that Churchill's Cloud Nine repeatedly equates gender and sexual oppression with racial and colonial oppression. … colonialism has long served as ... Read more

Critical Essay by Irving Wardle If any liberationist purpose underlies this diptych of British sexuality under the reign of two dear Queens, Caryl Churchill has wisely left it well concealed. The onl... Read more

Critical Essay by Frank Rich ["Cloud 9"] may not transport the audience all the way to Cloud 9—but it surely keeps us on our toes. The evening's subject is sexual confusio... Read more

Critical Essay by Anthony Curtis [Cloud Nine] takes a leaf or two out of what used to be called our island's story and tears them up into shreds. We begin on an outpost of empire in the Africa... Read more