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Jack Higgins - This House - 9781472507020 - V9781472507020
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This House

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Description for This House Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.

This country doesn't need a constitution, never has, never will. We have History as our guide. In tough times, the British do what we have always done. We muddle through.

This House is a timely and relevant political comedy, exploring Westminster and the 1974 hung parliament.

In the run-up to the General Election pressure mounts as squabbling whips attempt to attract key regional votes. As it becomes clear the results will be closely balanced, the play tracks the formation, perils and consequences of a coalition government, including the compromises, conflicts and power games all in the interest of ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Modern Plays
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472507020
SKU
V9781472507020
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3

About Jack Higgins
James Graham won the Catherine Johnson Award for the Best Play 2007 for Eden's Empire. His previous plays include Albert's Boy (recipient of a Pearson Playwriting Bursary) Little Madam (Finborough), Tory Boyz (Soho Theatre), The Man (Finborough), The Whisky Taster (Bush), and suddenlossofdignity.com (Bush). He is writer-in-residence at the Finborough Theatre.

Reviews for This House
It recreates, with startling vividness, the madness of life in the Westminster village during five action-filled years . . . Above all, the play unlocks a whole era.
Michael Billington
Guardian
Graham's superb new drama ... it is by turns funny, touching and cliff-hangingly suspenseful ... Graham has researched his play with exemplary thoroughness and there is ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for This House


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