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- English
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About This Book
1968. A time of political upheaval the likes of which has not been seen since. Until - perhaps - now.
In a new age of radical leftism and global politics, this new version of David Edgar's 1983 award-winning hit play Maydays has startling parallels to the political revolution of the Millennial Generation.
Maydays tells the story of the idealistic young who came of age in 1968 and were drawn into revolutionary politics; of defection from east to west as well as from left to right. It is told through a number of interlocking stories, across three continents and 25 years of tumultuous history.
Also included in this volume is David Edgar's one-person show, Trying It On, which also relates the events of 1968 to the turmoil of today.
It's 1968. David is 20. It is the height of the worldwide student revolt. The Vietnam war rages. Enoch Powell delivers his 'Rivers of Blood' speech. Martin Luther King is assassinated. These events will define David's politics and give focus to his writing.
It's 50 years on. The 70-year-old is confronted by the 20-year old. Do they share the same beliefs? If not, is it the world that's changed, or him?
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PUGACHEV/TRELAWNEY/CHORUS | Geoffrey Beevers |
WEINER/MRS GLASS/WOMAN/CHORUS | Gillian Bevan |
JEREMY/SKURATOV/CHORUS | Richard Cant |
CLARA/JUDY/CHORUS | Sophie Khan Levy |
PHIL/KOROLENKO/CHORUS | Chris Nayak |
AMANDA/ERICA/CHORUS | Lily Nichol |
MARTIN/CHORUS | Mark Quartley |
JAMES GRAIN/PALOCZI/CHORUS | Christopher Simpson |
BRYONY/MOLLY/TANYA/CHORUS | Liyah Summers |
LERMONTOV/CHORUS | Jay Taylor |
KAYLA | Katherine Kotz |
G | Rakesh Boury |
REMIX | Ciaran Alexander Stewart |
Director | Owen Horsley |
Designer | Simon Wells |
Lighting Designer | Claire Gerrens |
Sound Designer | Steven Atkinson |
Movement Director | Polly Bennett |
Company Voice and Text Work | Kate Godfrey |
Assistant Director | Rosa Crompton |
Casting Director | Matthew Dewsbury |
Dramaturg | Pippa Hill |
Production Manager | Julian Cree |
Costume Supervisor | Samantha Pickering |
Props Supervisor | Charlotte King |
Company Stage Manager | Julia Wade |
Assistant Stage Manager | PK Thummukgool |
Producer | Claire Birch |
Crew | Dan Avery Samantha Gray Alex Hughes Jon Lawrence Laura OâDriscoll Matty Sanders |
5 May 1818 | Karl Marx is born. |
15 May 1848 | A Communist rising in Paris is quickly overthrown. |
28 May 1871 | The Paris Commune falls after fifteen months in power. |
1 May 1886 | A Chicago strike for the eight-hour day leads to the founding of the international May Day workersâ festival. |
4 May 1919 | The Bavarian Soviet is defeated after two weeks in power. |
4 May 1926 | The nine-day British General Strike begins. |
3 May 1936 | A left-wing popular front government is elected in France. |
3 May 1937 | Communists suppress anarchist revolutionaries in Barcelona. |
2 May 1945 | Berlin falls to the Red Army. |
7 May 1954 | The French are defeated by Communist Vietnamese forces at Dien Bien Phu. |
10 May 1968 | The Parisian âNight of the Barricadesâ leads to a general strike by ten million workers. |
1 May 1973 | Two million British workers strike against anti-union legislation. |
5 May 1982 | Attempts to evict the womenâs peace camp at Greenham Common fail. |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Maydays
- Trying It On
- About the Author
- Copyright and Performing Rights Information