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Mike Bartlett's 'future history play' explores the people beneath
the crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the
conscience of Britain's most famous family. Queen Elizabeth II is
dead. After a lifetime of waiting, her son ascends the throne. A
future of power. But how to rule? Drawing on the style and
structure of a Shakespearean history play, King Charles III opened
at London's Almeida Theatre, directed by its Artistic Director
Rupert Goold, in April 2014, before transferring to the West End.
The play went on to win Best New Play at both the Critics' Circle
Theatre Awards and the Olivier Awards. It also won the South Bank
Sky Arts Theatre Award.
It's Cabaret, we've got our heads down and we're dancing and
drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time
it doesn't have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire
and brimstone.... You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel.
And you went out. Earthquakes in London is a fast and furious
metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades, as three sisters
attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and loves, while their
dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist, predicts global
catastrophe. The play deals, through amplified theatricality, with
a range of contemporary issues from population growth to climate
change. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure
in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic
rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.
Earthquakes in London first published in 2010 and has subsequently
become a much-produced and widely studied drama text. It is
published here as a Student Edition alongside commentary and notes
by Bridget Escolme. The ancillary material is geared at students
and includes: - an introduction outlining the play's plot,
character, themes context and performance history - the full text
of the play - a chronology of the playwright's life and work -
extensive textual notes - questions for further study - an
interview with the playwright
Five ambitious and exciting plays by the multi-award-winning
playwright, hailed as 'one of the prime movers in a new golden
generation of British playwrights' (Independent), and introduced by
the author. Earthquakes in London (National Theatre & Headlong,
2010) is an epic drama about climate change, population explosion,
social breakdown and worldwide paranoia, travelling from 1968 to
2525 and back again. 'The theatrical equivalent of a thrilling
roller-coaster ride' (Daily Telegraph) Love, Love, Love (Paines
Plough & Drum Theatre Plymouth, UK tour, 2010; Royal Court
& Paines Plough, 2012) examines the baby boomer generation,
from coming-of-age in the 1960s to retirement-age more than forty
years later, in a play that 'does the clash of generational world
views with a devastating precision' (Guardian). The Enemy is a
short play in which a journalist seizes an opportunity to interview
the man who shot Osama bin Laden. It was staged by Headlong as part
of Decade (St Katherine's Dock, London, 2011), exploring 9/11 and
its legacy. 13 (National Theatre, 2011) is a panoramic drama in
which a young man returns to London, a city riven by social protest
and upheaval, with a radical vision for the future. Premiered on
the National's largest stage, it confirmed Bartlett's ability to
tackle epic themes with supreme assurance: 'His ambition is
distinctive and immense' (Evening Standard). Medea (Headlong, UK
tour, 2012) is a startlingly modern version of Euripides' tragedy,
exploring a woman's private fury at her husband's infidelity, while
imprisoned in her marital home. 'A savage play for today, superbly
well done' (Mail on Sunday)
'Dear Miss Tweetwell, the ladder is where I live. For at the top
lies reputation and wealth and at the bottom: ignominy and
squalor.' When noble heroine Miss Phoebe Virtue receives worrisome
news on Instagram that her twin brother Jack may be endangering his
reputation in London Town, she decides she must visit herself, and
investigate... Set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of
illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a
fame-hungry elite, Scandaltown is a comedy for the new Restoration
of the theatres. Mike Bartlett's play was first produced by the
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, in association with Fictional Company,
at the Lyric in April 2022, directed by Artistic Director Rachel
O'Riordan. '[Mike Bartlett] is one of the prime movers in a new
golden generation of British playwrights' Independent
It's Cabaret, we've got our heads down and we're dancing and
drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time
it doesn't have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire
and brimstone...You were the glimmer. At the end of the tunnel. And
you went out. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty
pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett's epic
rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.
Earthquakes in London includes burlesque strip shows, bad dreams,
social breakdown, population explosion, worldwide paranoia. It is a
fast and furious metropolitan crash of people, scenes and decades,
as three sisters attempt to navigate their dislocated lives and
loves, while their dysfunctional father, a brilliant scientist,
predicts global catastrophe. Mike Bartlett's contemporary and
directed dialogue combines a strong sense of humanity with epic
ambition, as well as finely-aimed shafts of political comment
embedded effortlessly into every scene. Earthquakes in London
represents modern playwriting at its most exciting and ambitious.
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The 47th (Paperback)
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'It's not a game for gentlemen we're playing, Political and
civilized. This is Historic' 2024. As America goes to the polls,
democracy itself is on the brink. Who takes the White House - and
at what cost? Mike Bartlett's viciously funny and foreboding The
47th is a dazzling glimpse into the underbelly of the greatest
political show on earth: the US presidential race. It was first
produced at The Old Vic, London, in March 2022 by The Old Vic,
Sonia Friedman Productions and Annapurna Theatre, directed by
Rupert Goold, and featuring Bertie Carvel as Donald J. Trump,
Tamara Tunie as Kamala Harris, and Lydia Wilson as Ivanka Trump.
Mike Bartlett's complete scripts for the award-winning first series
of his superlative television drama, winner of Best New Drama at
the 2016 National Television Awards and Best TV Drama at the South
Bank Sky Arts Awards. Doctor Gemma Foster is a woman seemingly in
control: a trusted GP, the heart of her town, a woman people can
trust. But her life is about to explode. Suspecting her husband of
having an affair, Gemma throws herself into an investigation that
will propel her, her family, and even her patients into chaos. Bit
by bit, Doctor Foster uncovers secrets that shock her to the core.
Now she has to choose how to react. One thing is certain - she is
going to behave in ways she could never have imagined. Doctor
Foster: The Scripts contains the complete scripts to all five
episodes of the first series, plus exclusive bonus material. Doctor
Foster premiered on BBC One in September 2015, starring Suranne
Jones and Bertie Carvel. The series drew a weekly audience of over
8.2 million viewers, peaking at over 10 million for the finale, and
was the BBC's highest-rating new drama of the year. It won two
prizes at the National Television Awards 2016, including Best New
Drama.
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Cock (Paperback)
Mike Bartlett
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The fact is that some of us like women and some like men and that's
fine that's good in fact that's good, a good thing, but it seems to
me that you've become confused. John is happy in himself, and with
his boyfriend, until one day he meets the woman of his dreams. In a
world full of endless possibilities why must we still limit
ourselves with labels? Mike Bartlett's razor sharp play about love
and identity redefines the battle of the sexes as we know it. Cock
premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 13 November 2009.
This new and revised edition was published to coincide with the
West End production in 2022, starring Jonathan Bailey, Taron
Egerton and Jade Anouka.
A razor-sharp, acid-tongued play by Mike Bartlett, one of the UK's
most exciting and inventive young writers. Two jobs. Three
candidates. This would be a really bad time to have a stain on your
shirt...Bull opened at Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield, in
February 2013 in a Sheffield Theatres Production, winning the 2013
UK Theatre Award for Best New Play. This edition is published
alongside its production at the Young Vic Theatre, London. Winner
of the 2015 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an
Affiliate Theatre.
This first collection of Mike Bartlett's plays showcases the adroit
expertise and flair of a writer known for laser-sharp political
comment, tight dialectics and needlingly real characters.
"My Child "is a gut-wrenching exploration of the lengths a father
will go to to have access to his child. The play creates a violent
world where good intentions count for very little, and offers an
incisive, honest look at what it means to be a good parent.
"Contractions" is an ink-black comedy about work and play: Emma's
been seeing Darren. She thinks she's in love. Her boss thinks she's
in breach of contract. The situation needs to be resolved.
"Artefacts" depicts a father-daughter reunion which, after 16
years, crosses between the world of a British teenager and an Iraqi
expert in antiquity, and is complicated by the ambivalent gift of a
precious Mespotamian vase.
"Cock "is a punchy play which takes a playful, candid look at one
man's sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realize
you have a choice.
A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best
friend. One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their
lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other
stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future.
Mike Bartlett's play An Intervention premiered at the Watford
Palace Theatre in April 2014, in a co-production with Paines
Plough.
Published to coincide with the world premiere of the play, at the
National Theatre directed by Thea Sharrock, 18 Oct 2011 - 8 Jan
2012. Work out what you want and go for it with all your conviction
and don't care if you seem outrageous or stupid...All that's
needed, in the end, is belief. Morning in London, Autumn 2011.
Across the city, people wake up from an identical, terrifying
dream. At the same moment, a young man named John returns home
after years away to find economic gloom, ineffective protest, and a
Prime Minister about to declare war. But John has a vision for the
future and a way to make it happen. Coincidences, omens and visions
collide with political reality in this epic new play from the
writer of Earthquakes in London. Set in a dark and magical
landscape, it depicts a London both familiar and strange, a London
staring into the void. In a year which has seen governments fall as
the people take to the streets, 13 explores the meaning of personal
responsibility, the hold that the past has over the future and the
nature of belief itself.
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Vassa (Paperback)
Maxim Gorky; Adapted by Mike Bartlett
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'There are no miracles in this world. Only those we make for
ourselves.' It's 8 a.m. and a revolt is underway. The father is
dying. The son is spying. The wife is cheating. The uncle is
stealing. The mother is scheming. The dynasty is crumbling. One
house. One fortune. One victor. Maxim Gorky's savagely funny play
Vassa Zheleznova was first published in 1910. Mike Bartlett's
adaptation, Vassa, premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in
October 2019.
If I don't want to tell anyone, it's up to me, right? Lucy knows
James has avoided the battle. Mark knows Amanda has fought for her
life. But speaking the truth could bring everything crashing down.
What happens if we live a life of not talking? Olivier
award-winning writer Mike Bartlett's gripping and lyrical first
play unlocks a culture of silence and gives voice to the human
casualties when things are easier done than said. This edition was
published to coincide with a new production at the Arcola Theatre
and features an introduction by the author.
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Cock (Paperback)
Mike Bartlett; Introduction by Mark O'Thomas
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But that's what this is, isn't it? The ultimate bitch fight. When
John takes a break from his boyfriend, his accidentally meets the
girl of his dreams. Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides
there is only one way to straighten this out . . . Mike Bartlett's
metrosexual play about love and longing provides us with questions
of who we are and who we want to be. John's refusal to fix his
identity disturbs and disrupts the lives of those around him in
this contemporary tale of sex without nudity and struggle without
violence. Mike Bartlett's punchy story takes a playful, candid look
at one man's sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you
realise you have a choice. Cock premiered at the Royal Court
Theatre, London, on 13 November 2009. It is published here in the
Modern Classics series, featuring an introduction by Mark O'Thomas.
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Snowflake (Paperback)
Mike Bartlett
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'Because Christmas. Well... That's when they say people come home.'
Andy loves nostalgic television, pints down the pub, and listening
to the whole album from beginning to end. His daughter, Maya, wears
good shoes, likes good arguments, and has a secret plan to bring
down the government. The trouble is, three years ago Maya left
home, and they haven't spoken since. But this Christmas, she might
be coming back. Andy knows she's going to stay. Maya knows she's
not. Mike Bartlett's play Snowflake is an epic story about
generational conflict, fathers and daughters, and whether we're
living in the best or worst of times. It premiered at the Old Fire
Station, Oxford, in 2018, and was revived at Kiln Theatre, London,
in 2019, directed by Clare Lizzimore.
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Love, Love, Love (Paperback)
Mike Bartlett; Introduction by James Grieve
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1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing. And they want
some of it. Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as
it retires, and finds it full of trouble. Smoking, drinking,
affectionate and paranoid, one couple journeys forty-years from
initial burst to full bloom. The play follows their idealistic
teenage years in the 1960s to their stint as a married family unit
before finally divorced and, although disintegrated, free from
acrimony. Their children, on the other hand, bitterly rail against
their parents' irresponsibility and their relaxed, laissez-faire
attitude. This play by Olivier award-winning writer Mike Bartlett
questions whether the baby boomer generation is to blame for the
debt-ridden and adrift generation of their children, now adults but
far from stable and settled. This edition features an introduction
by James Grieve, who directed Love, Love, Love at the Royal Court,
London.
'It's England really, isn't it? A climate without cloud and rain
isn't honest.' In the ruins of a garden in rural England, in a
house which was once a home, one woman searches for seeds of hope.
Mike Bartlett's play Albion was premiered in October 2017 at the
Almeida Theatre, London, in a production directed by Rupert Goold.
It was revived at the Almeida in February 2020.
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Wild (Paperback)
Mike Bartlett
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A darkly comic play that explores the unexpected, bewildering, and
life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a
global level. Last week, Andrew was that guy with his girl lunching
in KFC, discussing apartments and making plans for the future.
Today he's in Moscow, in an undisclosed hotel room, on the run and
at risk of assassination. Last week, a nobody. This week, America's
Most Wanted: a man who humiliated his country with one touch of a
button. Mike Bartlett's Wild premiered at Hampstead Theatre,
London, in June 2016, in a production directed by James Macdonald.
If there's a God, which at the moment I DOUBT, I want you to curse
him. If there's any justice, I want them - both of them - in a car
crash. Her husband's gone and her future isn't bright. Imprisoned
in her marital home, Medea can't work, can't sleep and increasingly
can't cope. While her child plays, she plots her revenge. This
startlingly modern version of Euripides' classic tragedy explores
the private fury bubbling under public behaviour and how in today's
world a mother, fuelled by anger at her husband's infidelity, might
be driven to commit the worst possible crime. The production is
written and directed by one of the UK's most exciting and in-demand
writers, Mike Bartlett, who has received critical acclaim for his
plays including Earthquakes in London; Cock (Olivier Award), a new
stage version of Chariots of Fire, and Love Love Love. This
programme text coincides with a run at the Headlong Theatre in
London from the 27th of September to the 1st of December 2012.
Sixteen-year-old Kelly has never known her Dad. Turns out he's from
Iraq, which her mum never mentioned, and he's brought an ancient
Mesopotamian vase as some kind of present. But Kelly doesn't want a
vase. She wants her dad to stay and get to know her. It's not the
reunion either of them expected and for Kelly, it's the beginning
of an epic and dangerous journey. Mike Bartlett has been described
as 'One of the most exciting new talents to emerge in recent
times'. (The Stage). His first play My Child was called 'Brutal,
thrilling, unmissable' (Evening Standard) and 'the theatrical
equivalent of a firecracker'. (Metro).
1924. The Paris Olympic Games. A devout Scottish Christian runs for
the glory of God. The son of an immigrant Lithuanian Jew runs to
overcome prejudice. Two young track athletes who live for the
beautiful purity of running and who prevail in the face of
overwhelming odds. Based on the extraordinary true story of Eric
Liddell and Harold Abrahams, Chariots of Fire is an Olympic tale of
hope, honour and belief.
Five of the best plays from the first decade of the twenty-first
century produced by the Royal Court Theatre, London. Royal Court
Plays 2000-2010 is an essential anthology for anyone interested in
the best work from the most important new writing theatre produced
during the last decade. Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge is a
touching and comic play about love, war and teaching. Produced in
2000 it was revived on the West End in 2008 and has become a
turn-of-the-century classic. Roy Williams' play Fallout was written
in response to the killing of Damilola Taylor and the McPherson
report into racism in the Metropolitan Police and is an essential
play exploring how black teenagers are drawn into violence and
mutual mistrust. Motortown is about the 'war on terror' and the war
in Iraq. Described as 'an instant modern classic, the first major
anti-anti-war play of this era' (What's on Stage) Simon Stephens'
play examines the effects of the war on individuals. Mike Bartlett
emerged as one of the most exciting young writers of recent times
when his play My Child premiered in 2007. A play about fatherhood,
broken families and what it means to be a good parent, it was
heaped with praise: 'Brutal, thrilling...unmissable' (Evening
Standard). The final play, Enron, is an epic satire about the
notorious rise and fall of Enron and its founding partners, written
by Lucy Prebble. A huge hit and acclaimed by critics and audiences
alike, the play transferred to the West End in 2010 and opened on
Broadway that same year.
Six Ensemble Plays for Young Actors is an anthology of work written
for actors aged 11-25. Ideal for youth theatre groups, schools and
amateur dramatic companies, it contains a diverse selection of
plays suited to large casts and ensemble performance. Varying in
style and subject matter, the plays offer performers, directors and
designers a range of exciting challenges: from recreating the
mythological world of The Odyssey to a dramatisation of two hundred
years of slavery that will take the audience on a journey from
eighteenth century Africa to 1990s London in Sweetpeter.
Contemporary urban living is confronted in plays ranging from the
starkly realistic to the playful, lyrical and surrealistic. From
the innocent and imaginative world of a school playground to issues
of racism, peer pressure, crime and communication in a mobile phone
obsessed culture, this is a wide-ranging anthology that will enrich
the repertoire of youth theatre groups and the curriculum in
schools. The volume is introduced by Paul Roseby, artistic director
of the National Youth Theatre.
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