# Is "Objections to Sex and Violence" by Caryl Churchill a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Objections to Sex and Violence by Caryl Churchill (Methuen, 1985) is identified by: First book appearance in the anthology Plays by Women: Volume Four, edited by Michelene Wandor, Methuen, London, 1985 (ISBN 0413567400). First collected in Plays by Women: Volume Four (Methuen, 1985).

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First book appearance in the anthology Plays by Women: Volume Four, edited by Michelene Wandor, Methuen, London, 1985 (ISBN 0413567400)
- Issued in wrappers
- The volume also contains plays by Grace Dayley, Liz Lochhead, and Alison Lyssa
- No separate single-play first edition of this title
- Publisher imprint reads Methuen
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Caryl Churchill |
| Publisher | Methuen |
| Year | 1985 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First book appearance in the anthology Plays by Women: Volume Four, edited by Michelene… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First book appearance in the anthology Plays by Women: Volume Four, edited by Michelene Wandor, Methuen, London, 1985 (ISBN 0413567400). Issued in wrappers. The volume also contains plays by Grace Dayley, Liz Lochhead, and Alison Lyssa. No separate single-play first edition of this title.

## Is this the true first?
First collected in Plays by Women: Volume Four (Methuen, 1985). The play premiered at the Royal Court in 1975 but was not published on its own; the anthology is the first book appearance.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Objections to Sex and Violence* by Caryl Churchill a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/objections-to-sex-and-violence
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.