The perfect combination: a new play by Caryl Churchill - directed by Stephen Daldry - at the Royal Court With her finger as always on the pulse of our deepest concerns, Churchill turns her extraordinary dramatic gifts to the subject of human cloning - how might a man feel to discover that he is only one in a number of identical copies. And which one of him is the original...? A Number opens the Royal Court's autumn season, directed by her regular collaborator, Stephen (Billy Elliott) Daldry, now a star in his own right. Press reaction to their last production, Far Away, which transferred to the West End after a sell-out run at the Royal Court: