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Panel (NHB Modern Plays)

✍ Scribed by Zinnie Harris

Book ID: 111905836
Tongue: English
Weight: 77 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781780015972

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

The last candidate has just left the room and the door is shut. The clock is ticking, there's a train to catch, and the panel must decide who to appoint. But what is really motivating them, and whose agenda will prevail?

This play was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, in 2010 as part of the Women, Power & Politi season.

'razor-sharp satire' – Evening Standard

'a storming success' – The Times

'a mordantly funny look at the pompous, variously prejudiced deliberations of an all-male selection committee' – Independent

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