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Playing With Fire

  • David Edgar
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 16M, 7F
  • ISBN: 9781854598806

An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK's leading political playwright.

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  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Young Adult, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre
An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK's leading political playwright.

When the District Council of Wyverdale fails to satisfy a government audit, New Labour high-flyer Alex Clifton is despatched from the capital to formulate a robust recovery plan. But racial tensions soar and good intentions have fatal consequences, as what begins as a comedy of misunderstanding soon becomes a chilling drama about multicultural Britain.

David Edgar's play Playing With Fire was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2005.
REVIEWS:

"Gripping stuff."

 The Guardian

"More up-to-the-moment than anything else in our theatre."

 The Times

Premiere Production: National Theatre, London, 2005.

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  • Casting: 16M, 7F

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An epic and provocative play about multi-racial Britain, from the UK's leading political playwright.

When the District Council of Wyverdale fails to satisfy a government audit, New Labour high-flyer Alex Clifton is despatched from the capital to formulate a robust recovery plan. But racial tensions soar and good intentions have fatal consequences, as what begins as a comedy of misunderstanding soon becomes a chilling drama about multicultural Britain.

David Edgar's play Playing With Fire was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2005.

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