Sink the Belgrano!

Sink the Belgrano!

"Sink the Belgrano!" is a 1986 satirical play by English playwright Steven Berkoff about British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's decision to torpedo the Argentinian ship General Belgrano, as it was purportedly retreating during the 1982 Falklands War between the United Kingdom and Argentina.Fact|date=September 2008 According to the British Council, "Sink the Belgrano" is among Berkoff's "lesser-known works", along with his other "controversial responses to recent events" such as "his poem Requiem for Ground Zero (2002)."cite web|url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth256|title=Steven Berkoff|work=Contemporary Writers|publisher=British Council|accessdate=2008-09-30]

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References

* [http://www.stevenberkoff.com/playse.html "East" and More Verse Plays"] . "Steven Berkoff: Plays". Accessed 30 Sept. 2008.
*Hagan, Kenneth J. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DB1538F937A25755C0A964958260 "Sink the Belgrano!"] "The New York Times" 14 June 1992, Arts. (Book review of "One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander", by Adm. Sandy Woodward with Patrick Robinson. Fwd. Margaret Thatcher. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1992. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. ISBN 0002157233.)

External links

* [http://www.stevenberkoff.com Steven Berkoff] – Official Website.


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