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Playing With Fire

Playing With Fire

$19.99

ISBN: 9781854598806
Author: By David Edgar
Publication Date: 8/09/2005
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Extent: 160pp.
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SKU: BK1992 Categories: Drama, Full-length, Nick Hern Books, Plays, Political / social themes Tag: Nick Hern Books
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An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK’s leading political playwright.

When the District Council of Wyverdale fails to satisfy a government audit, New Labour high-flyer Alex Clifton is despatched from the capital to formulate a robust recovery plan. But racial tensions soar and good intentions have fatal consequences, as what begins as a comedy of misunderstanding soon becomes a chilling drama about multicultural Britain.

David Edgar’s Playing With Fire was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2005.

This edition inlcudes an Afterword by the author.

‘Gripping stuff’
— Guardian

‘More up-to-the-moment than anything else in our theatre’
— The Times

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