Description: Series editors Sara Freeman, Jenny Stevens, Christopher Megson, Matthew Nichols.
Brief description:
James Graham is a multi award-winning playwright and screenwriter.
His play This House gained critical acclaim, enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre's Olivier in 2013 and its 2017 West End revival was Olivier-nominated. It was chosen by popular vote as the best play of the 2010's by Methuen Drama. James created theatre history when his two plays Ink, about the early days of Rupert Murdoch, and Labour of Love, a romantic political comedy, played in theatres next to each other in the West End in 2017. James won an Olivier award in 2018 for Labour of Love and Ink transferred to Broadway in 2019, receiving six Tony award nominations. James' play The Vote (Donmar Warehouse) aired in real time on TV in the final 90 minutes of the 2015 polling day and was BAFTA-nominated. His most recent television film, Brexit: An Uncivil War (Channel 4/HBO) is nominated for a 2019 Emmy Award.Review Quotes:
"It recreates, with startling vividness, the madness of life in the Westminster village during five action-filled years ... above all, the play unlocks a whole era." --Guardian
"From facts and memoirs Graham shapes a brilliantly exhausting, funny and moving political epic ... another hit is born ... it will last longer than the years it depicts." --The Times "An absorbing, informative and well-contextualised Student Edition of a major play by one of Britain's leading political playwrights ... Graham is the 'go-to' political playwright of his generation and This House deserves to be more widely read and studied." --Chris Megson, Reader in Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK "The breakthrough piece of political theatre in the teens (of the twenty-first century); a new play about British parliament and its traditions; a really strong case-file on the show text and performance ... This is a strong play to have as a Student Edition, both for the play/playwright's profile and for students to have access to." --Sara Freeman, Associate Professor, of Theatre Arts, University of Puget Sound, US "The [play] has scope for exciting multi-role performance as well as a wealth of socio-political research to be uncovered. I think ... that it is also likely to become one of those plays which grows in stature over time ... A study guide is something that I would wholeheartedly recommend ... I could see it becoming a perennial mainstay of Drama teachers, and this edition would go a long way to helping cement that reputation." --Matthew Nichols, Head of Drama at Manchester Grammar School, UK