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At a glance:
- Author: David Hare, Howard Brenton
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: England
- Genres: Satire, Drama, Comedy, Political drama
- Subjects: Values, Journalism or journalists, Twentieth century, England or English people, Truth, Ethics, Business or business people, Newspapers
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Andrew May, a twenty-nine-year-old newspaper writer and editor who, in a short period of time, shoots up to the top of his field and as quickly falls as a protégé of tycoon Lambert Le Roux. When the play opens, Andrew is fresh, in love with newspaper work, and reasonably idealistic, learning the journalist’s craft at the provincial Leicester Bystander, at which he is unexpectedly promoted to editor-in-chief by the paper’s new owner, the capricious Le Roux. As he moves up in the Le Roux organization, he becomes a willing tool, shutting his eyes...
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