The Romans in Britain

The Romans in Britain

"The Romans in Britain" is a stage play by Howard Brenton that comments upon imperialism and the abuse of power.

A cast of thirty actors play sixty roles.

Stage history

The play was first staged at the Royal National Theatre in 1980, and subsequently became the focus of an unsuccessful legal challenge by campaigner Mary Whitehouse against the play’s director Michael Bogdanov. The complaint related to the on-stage depiction of homosexual rape. The director Samuel West resurrected the play in 2006 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.

See also

*Roman Britain
*Royal National Theatre

Bibliography

*Howard Brenton, "The Romans in Britain" (London: Eyre Methuen, 1980) ISBN 0-413-46590-X

External links

* [http://www.mediawatchuk.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=179&Itemid=92 Mediawatch] formally the "National Viewers and Listeners Association" (campaign group), opinion article.
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1696539,00.html Look Back in Anger] "The Guardian", January 2006, feature article.
* [http://spiffyjellybean.blogspot.com/2006/08/samuel-west-theatre-romans-in-britain.html Review round-up about the 2006 Sheffield production]


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