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Absence of War, The

It’s now or never for George Jones. The charismatic leader of the Labour Party needs to get out of opposition and into Number Ten.


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Plagued by a hostile media, beset by divisions in his party and haunted by his own demons, George has three weeks to convince the Great British Public that he’s their man. But how much compromise is he prepared to make? How can you truly appeal to the man in the street from the House of Commons? And which tie should he wear for Prime Minister’s Questions?


The critical consensus

Hare’s play strikes for realism and the rest of the cast members – especially James Harkness as Andrew Buchan and Ameira Darwish as Mary Housego – play their characters with precision.

***(*)(*)Rosemary Waugh, Exeunt, 17/03/2015

Given everything that has happened in UK politics in the two decades since Hare's play first appeared, what follows now looks like a final fanfare for the common man who has been replaced by the business of bad management.

****(*)Neil Cooper, Coffee-Table Notes, 01/04/2015

Certainly worth a trip to the ballot box – eh, theatre – to see.

***(*)(*)Fraser MacDonald, The Public Reviews, 01/04/2015


Features about Absence of War, The

James Harkness--The Absence of War

Neil Cooper, Coffee-Table Notes, 24/03/2015

David Hare--The Absence of War

Neil Cooper, Coffee-Table Notes, 24/03/2015

Where and when?

Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow from Tuesday March 31, 2015, until Saturday April 4, 2015. More info: www.citz.co.uk

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