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Posh (ePub eBook)

eBook by Wade, Laura/Bell, Henry

Posh (ePub eBook)

£11.69

ISBN:
9781350235786
Publication Date:
22 Feb 2024
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:
Methuen Drama
Pages:
176 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Posh (ePub eBook)

Description

In an oak-panelled room in a rural Oxford gastropub, ten young undergraduates with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule - and on getting totally chatueaued. Members of The Riot Club, an elite student dining society, the fraternity starts to fray when they discover they're a guinea-fowl short and the prostitute they've hired is suddenly banished. An apparent spoof on Oxford's notorious Bullingdon Club, whose past members include Boris Johnson, George Osborne and David Cameron, Posh is a satirical play about power, politics and privilege, and how these elements interact within British institutions. The play is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition with commentary and notes by Henry Bell. Posh premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2010 and two years later opened in the West End. It was nominated for Best New Play at both the Evening Standard Awards and for the Theatregoers' Choice Awards. It was subsequently made into a film called The Riot Club (2014), starring Sam Claflin, Max Irons and Douglas Booth.

Contents

Introduction Chronology Historical, social and cultural contexts Play as Performance Production History and Critical Reception Further Exploration Posh Notes

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