Modern Plays

By: David Edgar

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Paperback | 1 September 2005

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1947. The Twilight of Empire in India. Sergeant Turner and his Colonel share a bottle of whiskey in reluctant celebration of Independence. 'Do you think Mr. Churchill will do anything about it, sir? When the conservatives get back in?'
1976. A bye-election in the West Midlands against the background of an industrial dispute involving Asian labour. A three-cornered fight between Labour, Conservative (candidate: the Colonel's nephew) and the up and coming National Forward party (candidate: Sergeant, now Mr. Turner) - a contest in which the issue of race cuts like a razor through the conventional cosy assumptions of British politics, with alarming and prophetic results.
It is impossible to read David Edgar's play without feeling provoked into re-examining one's own political sentiments. Impossible also not to admire the skill with which he has woven so many strands into an authentic, gripping and theatrically effective play of scope and power.

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"'I cannot remember any play that coupled so much urgent topical information with such dramatic force' Times 'Rackingly eloquent and vitally important... a play that is something more than skilfull and well written. It is one that is actually necessary.' Guardian"

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