Results for: books tagged ‘Politicians’
The Elder Statesman: T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot's last play, drafted originally in 1955 but not completed until three years later. Lord Claverton, an eminent former cabinet minister and banker, is helped to confront his ... More
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
Tom and Clem: Stephen Churchett
It's July 1945, and Clement Atlee arrives in defeated Germany for the Potsdam conference with Stalin and Truman . . .. Tom & Clem explores the nature of personal and ... More
An Enemy of the People: Henrik Ibsen and Christopher Hampton
'The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.' Dr StockmannDr Stockmann attempts to expose a water pollution scandal in his home town which is about to ... More
Harold Pinter: A Celebration: Richard Eyre
Harold Pinter is undoubtedly one of the world's major playwrights. In this tribute to him on his seventieth birthday, a number of people from theatre, television and radio and the ... 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
Press Conference: Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter can sketch a world in a few lines which reveal the power of his vision focussed on the horrors that have been and that are to come. More
Pinochet in Piccadilly: Andy Beckett
In October 1998, the erstwhile Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate. But over the 16 months that Pinochet ... More
So Now Who Do We Vote For?: John Harris
'We didn't want the world. We understood the need for caution and compromise. But really: what was all this?'War in Iraq. Top-up fees. Blair in bed with Bush. Private companies ... More
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