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. Play Reading . Maydays is one of the many award-winning plays that RSC Associate David Edgar has written for the company.| 5 Nov 11 | Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
