Democracy by Michael Frayn
Three political parties, in and out of bed with each other like drunken intellectuals, fifteen warring cabinet ministers, and sixty million separate egos. All making deals with each other and breaking them. All looking round at every moment to see the expression on everyone else's face. All trying to guess which way everyone else will jump. All out for themselves and all totally dependent on everyone else. Not one Germany. Sixty million separate Germanies. The tower of Babel!Set in West Germany in 1969, DEMOCRACY follows Willy Brandt as he begins his brief but remarkable career as the first left-of-centre Chancellor for nearly forty years. Always present but rarely noticed is Gunter Guillaume, Brandt's devoted personal assistant - and no less devoted in his other role, spying on Brandt for the Stasi. Published to tie in with major new production at the Royal National Theatre directed by Michael Blakemore starring Roger Allam, Conleth Hill, Nicholas Blane, Jonathan Coy, Christopher Ettridge, Paul Gregory, Glyn Grain, Steven Pacey and David Ryall.
Fascinating. . combines Cold War politics, psychology, gossipy wit and an epic and poetic sense of history in one seamless whole . . . exhilarating * Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph *
An exciting play . . . Frayn takes such a detailed political tale and makes something resonantly human * Dominic Maxwell, The Times *
Absorbing, tense . . . Once again, Frayn reveals his rare ability to probe the intricacies of human behaviour * Jane Edwardes, Sunday Times *
An exciting play . . . Frayn takes such a detailed political tale and makes something resonantly human * Dominic Maxwell, The Times *
Absorbing, tense . . . Once again, Frayn reveals his rare ability to probe the intricacies of human behaviour * Jane Edwardes, Sunday Times *
Michael Frayn's work for the stage includes Alphabetical Order, Make and Break and Noises Off, all of which received Best Comedy of the Year awards, while Benefactors was named Best Play of the Year. His other works include Democracy (National Theatre and West End prior to Broadway) and Copenhagen (winner of numerous awards including the Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Best Play Awards 1998). He has translated Chekhov's four last plays and is also a novelist and recipient of the Whitbread Prize for Best Novel for Spies.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780413773821 |
| ISBN 10 | 0413773825 |
| Title | Democracy |
| Author | Michael Frayn |
| Series | Modern Plays |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2003-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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