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Roger Hargreaves - The Bomb: A Partial History - 9781849431521 - V9781849431521
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The Bomb: A Partial History

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Description for The Bomb: A Partial History Paperback.
THE BOMB – A Partial History is a season of plays from leading contemporary dramatists, charting the political history of the Nuclear Bomb and its proliferation from 1940 to the present day. FIRST BLAST (1940 – 1992) features plays by John Donnelly, Elena Gremina, Amit Gupta, Zinnie Harris & Ron Hutchinson. It is the first year of World War II, and in Whitehall two émigré Jewish scientists are waiting for a meeting to get the British establishment to take their nuclear research seriously. The following plays then trace the history of the Labour party wrestling with the decision to ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849431521
SKU
V9781849431521
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99-5

About Roger Hargreaves
The line up of authors for this project are second to none and include prize winning British and American playwrights. Many of the playwrights featured also wrote plays for the Great Game Afghanistan cycle of plays and have been called back to be inspired by the Nuclear Bomb.

Reviews for The Bomb: A Partial History
“An entertaining, provoking dossier, with admirable nuance and real purpose” 4 stars – Time Out “Bold and political… a probing account of the history of nuclear weapons - and their future... a timely attempt to catalyse debate about a subject too often neglected” 4 stars – Evening Standard “The Bomb… can only be reviewed as an event. ... Read more

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