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The Skriker is a 1994 play by Caryl Churchill that tells the story of an ancient fairy who during the course of the play transforms into a plethora of objects and people as it pursues Lily and Josie two teenage mothers whom it befriends manipulates seduces and entraps. Whilst speaking English in its human incarnations the Skriker’s own language consists of broken and fragmented word play. Blending naturalism horror and magical realism it is a story of love loss and revenge.