Greenland (play)

Greenland (play)

Greenland is a 1988 play by Howard Brenton. Its first act takes place on 11 June 1987, the day of the third consecutive Conservative general election victory. The second act takes place 700 years in the future, in a utopia where no one has to do anything they don't want to.

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* [http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/peak/green.htm "Gayzette" Review]
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