Playing with fire
By: David Edgar
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama; Politics and government
Description: When the defiantly northern Wyverdale District Council fails to satisfy a government audit, a New Labour fixer, Alex Clifton, is despatched from the capital to formulate a robust recovery plan. But resources spent on websites, 'faith festivals' and council leaflets in Bengali seem beside the point to the Labour old guard, struggling as they are to provide basic services to an alienated and divided electorate. What's more, the reforms seem only to fan the flames of racial tension, and when riots break out, everyone starts looking for someone to blame.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2005.