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    The National Joke
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    The National Joke

    By Torben Betts

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    Will the Prime Minister give Rupert the political prize he’s been hoping for? How much more can Livvie take of her mother Mary and her withering put-downs? Will Charlie get off her phone for long enough to listen to anyone, let alone her boyfriend?

    Home truths emerge and a reputation could tumble as Rupert St John-Green MP and three generations of women gather in the family garden to watch a total solar eclipse.

    Another searingly funny dissection of contemporary Britain from one of the country’s leading dramatists.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOberon Books
    Release dateJun 9, 2016
    ISBN9781783198276
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    The National Joke
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    Torben Betts

    Torben Betts other plays include: The National Joke (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough); Invincible (Orange Tree Theatre and St James Theatre, London, Brits-off-Broadway); What Falls Apart (Live Theatre, Newcastle); Get Carter (Northern Stage); The Seagull (Regent’s Park Open Air); A Listening Heaven (Edinburgh Royal Lyceum, nominated as TMA Best New Play 2001); The Unconquered (Traverse/Tron/ Brits-off-Broadway/UK Tour, winner of Best New Play at the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland, 2007) and Muswell Hill (Orange Tree Theatre and Park Theatre, London).

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