2nd May 1997
By: Jack Thorne
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Subjects: Drama; Elections, 1997; Elections; English Political plays; Great Britain. Parliament; Great Britain
Other titles: Second May 1997
Description: Thorne's play '2nd May 1997' is a drama set over the course of the 1997 UK General Election in which the Labour Party under the leadership of Tony Blair won a landslide victory over the Conservatives. The play presents three separate personal stories from different points on the political spectrum as the scale of Labour's victory becomes clear.
Notes: Previously issued in print: London: Nick Hern Books, 2009.