Ein britischer Dramatiker, dessen Werk kritisch zeitgenössische soziale Probleme und Beziehungen untersucht. Seine Stücke erforschen oft Machtdynamiken, Identität und die Auswirkungen des modernen Lebens durch scharfen, manchmal beunruhigenden Realismus. Er ist bekannt für seinen prägnanten Dialog und seine Fähigkeit, universelle Wahrheiten in spezifischen Szenarien einzufangen. Seine Schriften regen zum Nachdenken über die menschliche Natur und gesellschaftliche Erwartungen an.
The Queen is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's controversial and celebrated new "future history" play, which transferred to the West End after an acclaimed world premiere, explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.
"Work out what you want and go for it with all your conviction and don't care if you seem outrageous or stupid ... All that's needed, in the end, is belief. An identical, terrifying dream haunts Londoners in the midst of economic gloom and ineffective protest. Whilst the prime minister considers a preventive war, a young man returns home with a vision for the future. Coincidences, omens and visions collide with political reality in this epic new play from the writer of Earthquakes in London. Set in a dark and magical landscape, it depicts a London both familiar and strange, a London staring into the void. In a year which has seen governments fall as the people take to the streets, 13 explores the meaning of personal responsibility, the hold that the past has over the future and the nature of belief itself."--Publisher's description