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Hansard

  • Simon Woods
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1980s
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573132483

This tender and brutal comedy/drama, set around the passing of the Section 28 legislation in 1988, is a witty and devastating portrait of the British governing class.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: 1980s
  • Target Audience: Senior, Adult
Hansard; noun
The official report of all parliamentary debates.

Hansard is an intimate domestic drama about a long and troubled marriage. It is also a comedy about politics and identity and the failings of the ruling class. Set around the passing of the Section 28 legislation in 1988, which banned the “promotion” of homosexuality. It is funny, tender, brutal, and ultimately devastating.
REVIEWS:

"Touching and illuminating all at once."

 The Times

"Woods’s play is funny... and ultimately moving."

 The Guardian

"Genuinely moving, maybe even slightly beautiful drama."

 TimeOut

"Woods writes with clarity and ease."

 WhatsOnStage

Premiere Production: Hansard premiered at the National Theatre, London, in August 2019.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 1F

  • ROBIN
    DIANA

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    Hansard; noun
    The official report of all parliamentary debates.

    It's a summer's morning in 1988 and Tory politician Robin Hesketh has returned home to the idyllic Cotswold house he shares with his wife of 30 years, Diana. But all is not as blissful as it seems. Diana has a stinking hangover, a fox is destroying the garden, and secrets are being dug up all over the place. As the day draws on, what starts as gentle ribbing and the familiar rhythms of marital sparring quickly turns to blood-sport.

    A witty and devastating new play.

    		$24.95

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