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A Letter of Resignation

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m

Hugh Whitemore

A Letter of Resignation
by Hugh Whitemore

1963 was an amazing year and life was changing. Britain was becoming a different place and to many people, Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, seemed outdated and irrelevant - an Edwardian grandee lingering uncomfortably in the world of E-type Jagu…

A Letter of Resignation

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period, Docudrama/Historic

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Summary
1963 was an amazing year and life was changing. Britain was becoming a different place and to many people, Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, seemed outdated and irrelevant - an Edwardian grandee lingering uncomfortably in the world of E-type Jaguars, Carnaby Street and Beatlemania. But few were aware that his life was scarred by domestic unhappiness and sexual betrayal. Hugh Whitemore explores the events that lay hidden behind the headlines and examines a complex web of personal and political morality.
M3 (35, middle-age, 60s) F2 (50s, 60s).
  • Time Period 1960s
  • Setting A castle library.
  • Features Period Costumes

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Hugh Whitemore

Hugh Whitemore
Hugh Whitemore was born in 1936. He studied for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he later became a member of the Council. He began his writing career in British television (contributing to The Wednesday Play, Armchair Theatre and Play for Today) and twic ...
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