A cleaner tells her neighbour of an overheard conversation in which a bureaucrat is being forced to relocate to the remote site of the new capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Two thieves discuss the easy pickings to be had from homes abandoned by those fleeing the country. Two civil servants gossip enviously about the sexual favours being accorded to a newly arrived government official...And so on, and so on. Gradually a picture emerges - in tiny, detailed brushstrokes - of a people deeply ill at ease, alienated from a dictatorial government, their daily lives warped and compromised...This impressive debut by a recent graduate of the Royal Court's Young Writers' scheme premieres at the Royal Court in February 2007. "The Eleventh Capital" is spare in its effects, mosaic-like in its structure, and brilliant at conveying an overarching sense of unease. The author is clearly an admirer of Caryl Churchill, but her play is wholly original.

DBC·皮埃尔，1961年出生于澳大利亚一个科学家家庭，后随父亲迁居墨西哥，并在那里长大成人。现居爱尔兰。

年轻时，他染上了一些恶习，曾用欺骗手段出售了好友的住房并携款潜逃。如今他为此事感到愧疚。

他写这部作品是想对过去的行为作出补偿，并取笔名为DBC·皮埃尔。DBC是“Dirty But Clean”的缩写，意为“污秽而纯洁”。