A Marvellous Year for Plums
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:1st May '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An epic new historical drama about the 1956 Suez Crisis.
Historical drama set in the midst of the Suez Crisis in 1956.Britain in 1956: the Suez Crisis. Prime Minister Anthony Eden, described by a colleague as ‘half mad baronet and half beautiful woman’, is faced with the terrible possibility of leading his country into war. His health is collapsing. His friends, colleagues and opponents, among them Hugh Gaitskell and Ian Fleming and his wife Ann, are facing crises of their own, crises of conscience and crises of the heart. Hugh Whitemore’s new play is a true epic: a suspenseful thriller, an achingly romantic love story and a fascinating examination of a flashpoint in our history which still resonates today. What is the cost of an ‘illegal’ war?
This intelligent, well-ordered play stirred some bitter memories * Guardian *
[A] sophisticated political thriller * Southern Daily Echo *
Whitemore's concentration on the human follies and affections makes a play that will last. * Libby Purves, The Times *
ISBN: 9781849434966
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 130g
96 pages