National Theatre Live: This House (2013)
Synopsis
It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority government by sending its whips out wheeling and dealing with the Liberals, Scottish Nationalists and Northern Irish politicians. But this fragile alliance lasts only until October, when another election is called. This time, Labour win with a tiny majority of just three. Now things get tougher as old cross-Party agreements break down and even sick and dying MPs are wheeled into the chamber to cast their votes! James Graham's acclaimed new play whisks us back to the days of the UK's previous hung Parliament, when politics got really dirty in the battle for power.
Release Date: 2013-05-15
Runtime: 159 minutes
Director: Jeremy Herrin
Top Cast
- Vincent Franklin as Michael Cocks
- Phil Daniels as Bob Mellish
- Lauren O'Neill as Ann Taylor
- Julian Wadham as Humphrey Atkins
- Charles Edwards as Jack Weatherill
- Reece Dinsdale as Walter Harrison
- David Hounslow as Joe Harper
- Gunnar Cauthery as Clockmaker / Peebles / Redditch / Birmingham Perry Barr
- Christopher Godwin as Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
- Andrew Havill as Walsall North / Serjeant at ArmsAct 1 / Speaker Act 2 / Plymouth Sutton
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