James Graham Plays

The second collection of plays from eminent playwright James Graham bringing together four of his state-of-the-nation plays.<br/><br/>The volume includes the following plays alongside an introduction by the author: <br/><br/><i>This House</i> (2012) explores Westminster and the 1974 hung parliament through a combination of wit and waspish dialogue comedy and political comment and historical and contemporary concerns.<br/><br/><i>The Angry Brigade</i> (2014) takes a look at the story behind the Angry Brigade - a British anarchist group who carried out a series of bomb attacks between 1970 and 1972.<br/><br/><i>The Vote</i> (2015) looks at what happens in Britain on election night through the eyes of those at the polling station. Set in a fictional London polling station Graham's play dramatises the final ninety minutes before the polls close in the 2015 general election.<br/><br/><i>Monster Raving Loony</i> (2016) explores the life and exploits of Screaming Lord Sutch to examine the state of the nation and Britain's post-war identity crisis. It tells the story of Sutch through a cavalcade of comic characters from music hall to Monty Python panto to Partridge.