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A gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.

December 1648. The Army has occupied London. Parliament votes not to put the imprisoned king on trial, so the Army moves against Westminster in the first and only military coup in English history. What follows over the next fifty-five days, as Cromwell seeks to compromise with a king who will do no such thing, is nothing less than the forging of a new nation, an entirely new world.

Howard Brenton’s play depicts the dangerous and dramatic days when, in a country exhausted by Civil War, a few great men attempt to think the unthinkable: to create a country without a king.

55 Days was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2012, in a production directed by Howard Davies.

55 Days

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A gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history. December 1648. The Army has occupied London. Parliament... Read more

    Publisher: Nick Hern Books
    Publication Date: 18/10/2012
    ISBN13: 9781848422872, 978-1848422872
    ISBN10: 1848422873

    Number of Pages: 96

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    A gripping historical play that dramatises a crucial moment of English history.

    December 1648. The Army has occupied London. Parliament votes not to put the imprisoned king on trial, so the Army moves against Westminster in the first and only military coup in English history. What follows over the next fifty-five days, as Cromwell seeks to compromise with a king who will do no such thing, is nothing less than the forging of a new nation, an entirely new world.

    Howard Brenton’s play depicts the dangerous and dramatic days when, in a country exhausted by Civil War, a few great men attempt to think the unthinkable: to create a country without a king.

    55 Days was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2012, in a production directed by Howard Davies.

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