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The Royal Shakespeare Company

Maydays

By David Edgar

In a new age of radical leftism and global politics, this new version of David Edgar’s 1983 award-winning hit play has startling parallels to the political revolution of the Millennial Generation.

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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.

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"Owen Horsley's terrific five star production...."

The Guardian

 

"Director Owen Horsley, marshalling a superb, multi-tasking company of 10, keeps things moving with fleet-footed, period-hopping elan"

The Daily Telegraph

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“...the ingenuity of Owen Horsley’s production, well served by its cast and a fluid set by Simon Wells…"

Times

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