Results for: books tagged ‘Government’
Asking Around: Hare Trilogy: David Hare
David Hare's trilogy of plays - Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War - first presented at the National Theatre, London, in 1993, examines the crises facing three great ... More
How to be a Minister: Gerald Kaufman
When How To Be A Minister was first published in 1980, it received rave reviews. When it was out of print, copies became as prized as gold-dust and were known ... More
The Absence of War: David Hare
The third part of a critically acclaimed trilogy of plays about British institutions, The Absence of War offers a meditation on the classic problems of leadership. Its unsparing portrait of ... More
Racing Demon: David Hare
'How do you fight without hate?'Racing Demon reveals the struggle of four clergymen to make sense of their mission. David Hare's play opened in 1990 to universal acclaim, and won ... More
Murmuring Judges: David Hare
A young lawyer's involvement in her first case leads her through a criminal justice system - police, courts and prisons - which is cracking at the seams.Murmuring Judges is the ... More
Power: Nick Dear
'Some say power's an illusion. But Louis is the master of illusion. He has turned government into a spectacle, politics into a circus.'Nick Dear's new play on the origins of ... More
War: Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter's response to world events is always pure and simple: he writes with an economy that throws the stark light of truth onto any given subject. There is no ... More
Stuff Happens: David Hare
'A totally compelling play that ruthlessly exposes the dubious premises on which the Iraq war was fought . . . One comes out enriched, informed and moved by Hare's ability ... More
The Permanent Way: David Hare
In 1991, before an election they did not expect to win, the Conservative government made a fateful decision to privatize the railways. As a result, the taxpayer subsidizes rail more ... More
The Trouble Makers: A. J. P. Taylor
Historian A. J. P. Taylor was a pioneer who raised the profile of historical debate. Kathleen Burk was his last research student, and over the last 25 years knew him well. Here she gives personal insights into Taylor's public and private lives, and advocates we all read him for our own intellectual enjoyment. More
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