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1 online resource (78 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
'A Day at the Racists' is a brave piece of political theatre. It both attempts to understand why people might be drawn to the BNP and diagnoses a deeper cause of that attraction: the political abandonment and betrayal of the working class by New Labour. The play's timely premiere was at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2010 |
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Pete Case used to be something - a leading Labour Party organiser in the local car factories. Now he struggles to get by as a decorator as immigrant workers undercut his best mate's firm, his son Mark can't get a job or onto the housing list and nobody, from his Labour MP to his granddaughter's teacher, seems to care. Then Pete finds unexpected hope: Gina is young, mixed race and standing for Parliament on a platform of helping the local community. She is standing for the British National Party. As Pete's rage and despair gradually overcome his longstanding loathing of the BNP, he is drawn into the world of Gina's campaign and finds himself entangled in a nightmare of political machinations that pit his closest relationships - son, best mate, lover - against his longest-held beliefs and newfound aims |
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"Rogue State Theatre Company in associaion with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre presents"--At head of title |
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Print version record |
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British National Party (1982- ) -- Drama
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| SUBJECT |
British National Party (1982- ) fast (OCoLC)fst00785140 |
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Working class -- Great Britain -- Drama
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DRAMA -- General.
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Working class.
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Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Political plays.
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Political plays.
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Drama.
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Théâtre.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Finborough Theatre.
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| ISBN |
9781408198568 |
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1408198568 |
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9781408132401 |
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1408132400 |
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