Stage Play commissioned and performed by Fallen Angel Theatre Co. - 1994

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Short listed BBC Wales Writer of the Year Award 1994. Short-listed John Whiting Award 1994.

Commissioned and toured nationally in 1994 by Fallen Angel Theatre Company, including the Premiered at the Hay-On-Wye Literary Festival. Tour included the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Green Room, Manchester.

A stage play about death in custody.  A young remand prisoner from Swansea hangs himself in his cell; in Limbo he finds a novice 'Nun' from the Middle Ages who has starved herself to death. Together they discover of the power of the imagination as they confront 'the Keeper' and 'the Boy' finds a way to life.

Also translated into Croatian, published and broadcast by Croatian National Radio as Prelazeći Sprud .

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"Lucy Gough's play Crossing the Bar spans the gulf of years and of understanding that lies between medieval and present day experience. Her vital and innovative use of language embraces both male and female, sacred and profane."  
Michael Povey, BBC Writer of the Year 1994 - Playwright and Award Judge.