Cardiff East
By: Peter Gill
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: Set in Cardiff's east side, Peter Gill's play offers a vivid portrait of a community the Tories thought they had got rid of, and New Labour would prefer to forget. 'Cardiff East' raises essential questions: What is family value? What does it feel like to be an immigrant in your own country? And most importantly, why don't the Welsh reach for the Armalite? Uncompromising and desperately real, with an undercurrent of ironic humour, Cardiff East builds towards an inexorable climax, which combines hope and tragedy in equal parts. 'Cardiff East' premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 1997.
Notes: Originally published: in print in Plays two. London: Faber, 2008.