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King Charles III Mike Bartlett

King Charles III By Mike Bartlett

King Charles III by Mike Bartlett

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A special edition of Mike Bartlett's acclaimed 'future history play', with exclusive bonus material.

King Charles III Summary

King Charles III by Mike Bartlett

Queen Elizabeth is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, her son ascends the throne. A future of power. But how to rule?

Mike Bartlett's controversial 'future history play' explores the people beneath their crowns, the unwritten rules of our democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.

Drawing on the style and structure of a Shakespearean history play, King Charles III opened in 2014 at London's Almeida Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold, 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.

This special edition of the play includes a foreword by the journalist and broadcaster Jon Snow, an afterword by the playwright, and an essay about the original production.

King Charles III Reviews

'Outstanding and provocative... the most spectacular, gripping and wickedly entertaining piece of lese-majeste that British theatre has ever seen'

* Telegraph *

'Bold, brilliant and unstoppably entertaining... an intelligent, empathetic, moving look at the power and limitations of the modern monarchy... theatre doesn't get much better than this'

* The Times *

'Play of the year... extraordinary... a meaty, hilarious, dizzyingly audacious state of the nation political thriller'

* Time Out *

'Royally entertaining... raises fascinating questions about the future of the monarchy'

* Guardian *

'Scintillating and highly ambitious... a brilliant, provocative piece of drama'

* Financial Times *

'Wonderfully original... Bartlett's brilliant text pulses with Shakespearean resonances... a right royal triumph'

* The Stage *

'Pitch-perfect... bracingly provocative and outrageously entertaining'

* Independent *

'Brilliantly ambitious... deliciously smart... [the] script is a witty amalgam of Shakespearean rhythms and sharp modern colloquialisms'

* Exeunt Magazine *

About Mike Bartlett

Mike Barlett is an award-winning playwright whose plays include: Scandaltown (Lyric Hammersmith, 2022); The 47th (Old Vic, London, 2022); Mrs Delgado (Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2021); Vassa, adapted from Maxim Gorky's play Vassa Zheleznova (Almeida Theatre, London, 2019); Snowflake (Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2018; revived at Kiln Theatre, London, 2019); Albion (Almeida Theatre, 2017); Wild (Hampstead Theatre, 2016); Game (Almeida Theatre, 2015); King Charles III (Almeida/West End/Broadway, 2014-15); An Intervention (Paines Plough/Watford Palace Theatre); Bull (Sheffield Theatres/Off-Broadway); Medea (Glasgow Citizens/Headlong); Chariots of Fire (based on the film; Hampstead/West End); 13 (National Theatre); Love, Love, Love (Paines Plough/Plymouth Drum/Royal Court); Earthquakes in London (Headlong/National Theatre); Cock (Royal Court/Off-Broadway); Artefacts (Nabokov/Bush); Contractions and My Child (Royal Court). He was Writer-in-Residence at the National Theatre in 2011, and the Pearson Playwright-in-Residence at the Royal Court Theatre in 2007. Cock won an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre in 2010. Love, Love, Love won the TMA Best New Play Award in 2011. Bull won the same award in 2013. King Charles III won the Critics' Circle Award for Best New Play in 2015. He has written several plays for BBC Radio, winning the Writers' Guild Tinniswood and Imison prizes for Not Talking. His work for television includes Press (BBC One, 2018); Trauma (ITV, 2018); two series of Doctor Foster (BBC One, 2015 & 2017, Best New Drama at the National Television Awards); and The Town (ITV1, 2012).

Additional information

GOR006691258
9781848424425
1848424426
King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
Mike Bartlett
NHB Modern Plays
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Nick Hern Books
20141030
144
Winner of Best New Play, Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2014 Winner of Best New Play, Olivier Awards 2015
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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