Oh, to be in England

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T0588270656 (FINBOROUGH11) Part of RediscoveriesUK - A three month season of rediscovered plays by writers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern IrelandProducer Snakebit Productions (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre). Director Mel Cook. Performer Peter Broome. Performer Jonathan Christie. Performer Daniel Fraser. Performer Natalie Lesser. Performer Charlotte Thornton.

9 Jan 11 to 24 Jan 11

Finborough, Inner London :: V199 listing details L01353842750

Details

Play :: Like Pinner's contemporaneous 1973 Stalin play The Teddy Bears' Picnic, Oh, To Be In England was unproduceable at the time of its writing because of its unapologetic skewering of political extremism in the UK. Unlike The Teddy Bears' Picnic, which finally ran in 1990 to press acclaim, Oh, To Be In England has remained lost. After thirty-five years, it is now receiving its world premiere after thirty five years. Frighteningly prescient, and tragically current, Oh, To Be In England is a dark comedy examining what it means to live in an ex-empire in economic free-fall, and the political and personal extremism that results when all other belief is lost. A middle-aged Englishman, bred to believe in his innate superiority as a birthright of class, race, and gender, loses his job in the City. Left floundering impotently in a world that is no longer cricket, his family, security, and sanity follow close behind.

Author

David Pinner