Fen is a powerful theatrical piece written in 1983. It won Caryl Churchill the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for drama. The women tenant farmers of Fen expose family break-ups, domestic abuse, suicide, the back-breaking work of the poor and the indifference of government towards the economically disenfranchised. Several story-lines are scattered through the play, attention jumping from one to another like quick-cuts in a movie documentary. Through it all the despair of the characters is at the forefront as they attempt to find a means of escape.