A Mouthful of Birds
| A Mouthful of Birds | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Caryl Churchill and David Lan | 
| Date premiered | 1986 | 
| Place premiered | United Kingdom | 
| Subject | Possession, madness, and female violence | 
| Genre | Play with dance | 
A Mouthful of Birds is a 1986 play with dance, written by Caryl Churchill and David Lan, with choreography by Ian Spink. Drawing its themes from The Bacchae of Euripides, it is a meditation on possession, madness and female violence.