Penda's Fen

Penda's Fen

Penda's Fen is a 1974 BBC "Play for Today" written by David Rudkin and directed by Alan Clarke.It is set in the village of Pinvin,near Pershore in Worcestershire,UK.

The play is an evocation of conflicting forces within England: authority, tradition, hypocrisy, landscape, art, sexuality, and most of all, its mystical, ancient past. All of this comes together in Stephen, a rather prissy adolescent, and his growing pains and doubts as to his sexuality deep in Elgar's Worcestershire. Marrying the very different styles and concerns of writer David Rudkin and director Alan Clarke, Penda's Fen delves deep into the heart of England to try and find answers to its identity.


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