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An explosive, topical drama from one of the UK's top political playwrights.
It’s 16th April 2010, the day after the UK's first ever televised prime ministerial debate. Stranded in Malaga Airport by a volcanic ash-cloud, a Labour special adviser, a Lib Dem staffer and a Tory candidate consider their options. Can their parties survive without them? How will they get back home? And who’ll end up in government?
Fast forward to 4th August 2014. As the nation settles down to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War, the three politicians meet again. One of them knows something that could change the outcome of the 2015 election. Should they reveal it? And at what cost?
"Funny, gripping and bang on the money." - Telegraph
"Fascinating... clearly meticulously researched." - Guardian
"Witty and very clever... hilarious." - British Theatre Guide
"Luminously human rather than aridly theoretical... riveting, important." - Financial Times
David Edgar pioneered the teaching of playwriting in the UK, founding the Playwriting Studies course at Birmingham University in 1989. He is also a leading playwright, best known for his political plays and for his adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby for the RSC.
It’s 16th April 2010, the day after the UK's first ever televised prime ministerial debate. Stranded in Malaga Airport by a volcanic ash-cloud, a Labour special adviser, a Lib Dem staffer and a Tory candidate consider their options. Can their parties survive without them? How will they get back home? And who’ll end up in government?
Fast forward to 4th August 2014. As the nation settles down to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War, the three politicians meet again. One of them knows something that could change the outcome of the 2015 election. Should they reveal it? And at what cost?
"Funny, gripping and bang on the money." - Telegraph
"Fascinating... clearly meticulously researched." - Guardian
"Witty and very clever... hilarious." - British Theatre Guide
"Luminously human rather than aridly theoretical... riveting, important." - Financial Times
David Edgar pioneered the teaching of playwriting in the UK, founding the Playwriting Studies course at Birmingham University in 1989. He is also a leading playwright, best known for his political plays and for his adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby for the RSC.
120 pages, Paperback
First published August 15, 2013
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David Edgar
87 books18 followersDavid Edgar is an English playwright. He was born in Birmingham into a family with longstanding links to the theatre. His father and mother both acted at the Birmingham Rep before moving into broadcasting, and by the age of five Edgar had written his first play and performed it in a 12 seat theatre his father built for him in his back garden.
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ed...
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ed...
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November 14, 2016
its value lies in unpacking British political situation - as a play, it isn't really a play
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