Maydays
T561180907
Premiered at the Barbican just after Margaret Thatcher's re-election in 1983, the play is an epic study of political commitment and betrayal between the 40s and the 80s. Interweaving the stories of a British working-class communist, a student revolutionary and a Soviet army officer, all of whom - in their different ways - end up taking revenge on their youthful ideals.
Archive :: production:T561180907, play:S302162130, venue:V135
Production details
Play Reading .
Maydays is one of the many award-winning plays that RSC Associate David Edgar has written for the company.
Ashcroft Room
