The Force of Change by Gary Mitchell

The Force of Change by Gary Mitchell

An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland. Caroline is a detective Sergeant in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Used to doing battle against the ingrained sexism of her male colleagues, she begins to suspect something much worse: systematised collaboration between the RUC and the loyalist terrorists of the UDA. Gary Mitchell's play The Force of Change was first staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2000. It won the George Devine Award, and Gary Mitchell won the 2000 Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright.

'His best play to date, a high-voltage, disputatious examination of the Royal Ulster Constabulary'

* Observer *

'Mixes visceral excitement with a coolly provocative analysis of political issues'

* Daily Telegraph *

Gary Mitchell is a British playwright based in Northern Ireland. His plays, many of them political thrillers about contemporary life in Belfast, have been widely performed, and he has been called 'Northern Ireland's greatest playwright' (Guardian). His stage plays include In a Little World of Our Own (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1997), As the Beast Sleeps (Abbey Theatre, 1998), Tearing the Loom (Lyric Belfast, 1998), Trust (Royal Court Upstairs, London, 1999), The Force of Change (Royal Court, 2000, winner of the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright), Loyal Women (Royal Court, 2003) and Burnt Out (Lyric, Belfast, 2023).

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ISBN 13	9781854596161
ISBN 10	1854596160
Title	The Force of Change
Author	Gary Mitchell
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2000-11-24
Number of pages	96
Prizes	Winner of Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright 2000, Winner of George Devine Award.
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