The Romans in Britain

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Howard Brenton (Author) Philip Roberts (Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies in the University of Leeds, UK)

The Romans in Britain

Howard Brenton (Author), Philip Roberts (Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies in the University of Leeds, UK)

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English

Methuen Drama
21 May 2015

Theatre Studies; Plays & playscripts

Series: Modern Classics

First staged at London's National Theatre in 1980, having been commissioned by Peter Hall, The Romans in Britain contrasts Julius Caesar's Roman invasion of Celtic Britain with the Saxon invasion of Romano-Celtic Britain, and finally Britain's involvement in Northern Ireland during The Troubles of the late twentieth century.

As these scenes bleed into one another, Brenton suggests what it

might have been like for these people to meet. Three Roman soldiers

sexually assault a young druid priest. A lone, wounded Saxon soldier

stumbles into a field, a nightmare made real. An army intelligence

officer begins to lose his mind in the Irish fields. Brenton’s sinewy

vernaculars summon a lost history of cultural collision and oppression,

of fear and sorrow.

This edition features an introduction by Philip Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds, and a foreword by director Sam West.

By: Howard Brenton (Author)
Introduction by: Philip Roberts (Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies in the University of Leeds UK)
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 140g
ISBN: 9781472574398
ISBN 10: 1472574397
Series: Modern Classics
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 21 May 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Howard Brenton is a British dramatist, noted for his controversial political plays of the 1970s and 80s. He became resident dramatist at the Royal Court in 1972, following on from David Hare. His plays include Revenge, Brassneck (a collaboration with David Hare), The Churchill Play, Epsom Downs, The Romans in Britain, Pravda (also a colloboration with Hare), Berlin Bertie, Paul, Never So Good, and In Extremis. He also wrote the TV programme Spooks and has translated many plays into English. In 2011 he won a Theatregoers' Choice Award for Best Play for his Anne Boleyn.

Reviews for The Romans in Britain

Complex and fascinating Times Literary Supplement Conjuring up an era that is culturally, as well as historically, remote is a notoriously difficult task, but Mr Brenton achieves it with great skill and effect ... A very good play indeed The Times [Howard Brenton] has brought to political theatre a gift for strong images, tart language, moral questioning Guardian