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55 Days
Author(s): Howard Brenton (Author)
- Publisher: Nick Hern Books
- Publication Date: 17 Oct. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 96 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848422873
- ISBN-13: 9781848422872
Book Description
In this new play from the award winning playwright of Anne Boleyn, Howard Brenton depicts the culmination of the mid-seventeenth century. In these dangerous and dramatic times, in a country exhausted by Civil War, the great men of the day were trying to think the unthinkable: to create a country without a king.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Howard Brenton has become the chief chronicler of the nation’s past…..With its echoes of Shakespeare, Schiller and Brecht, this is an exciting and affecting story that explores the often ignored origins of modern Britain… A play not only about a historical past but also about who we have become since. –The Arts Desk
Howard Brenton’s chewy, fascinating new play… Intellectually intricate and emotionally stirring. — The Times
A confident and idea-packed piece… It could have been a dour history lesson. Instead it engages with the present, raising some pungent questions about the kind of democracy we have in Britain today. –Evening Standard
