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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Posh
Laura Wade; Edited by Henry Bell
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R416
Discovery Miles 4 160
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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In an oak-panelled room in a rural Oxford gastropub, ten young
undergraduates with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting,
intent on restoring their right to rule - and on getting totally
"chatueaued". Members of The Riot Club, an elite student dining
society, the fraternity starts to fray when they discover they're a
guinea-fowl short and the prostitute they've hired is suddenly
banished. An apparent spoof on Oxford's notorious Bullingdon Club,
whose past members include Boris Johnson, George Osborne and David
Cameron, Posh is a satirical play about power, politics and
privilege, and how these elements interact within British
institutions. The play is published here as a Methuen Drama Student
Edition with commentary and notes by Henry Bell. Posh premiered at
the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2010 and two years later opened
in the West End. It was nominated for Best New Play at both the
Evening Standard Awards and for the Theatregoers' Choice Awards. It
was subsequently made into a film called The Riot Club (2014),
starring Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth.
'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of
capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean,
Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by
workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky; the head of British
Military Intelligence called John Maclean 'the most dangerous man
in Britain'. This new biography explores the events that shaped the
life of a momentous man - from the Great War and the Great Unrest,
to the Rent Strike and the Russian Revolution. It examines his work
as an organiser and educator, his imprisonment and hunger strike,
and how he became the early hero of radical Scottish Independence.
'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of
capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean,
Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by
workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky; the head of British
Military Intelligence called John Maclean 'the most dangerous man
in Britain'. This new biography explores the events that shaped the
life of a momentous man - from the Great War and the Great Unrest,
to the Rent Strike and the Russian Revolution. It examines his work
as an organiser and educator, his imprisonment and hunger strike,
and how he became the early hero of radical Scottish Independence.
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