
National Theatre Live: This House(2013)
Overview
It's February 1974. Ted Heath's Conservative government has been ousted. But only just. In the hung Parliament, Labour manages to form a minority government by sending its whips out wheeling and dealing with the Liberals, Scottish Nationalists and Northern Irish politicians. But this fragile alliance lasts only until October, when another election is called. This time, Labour win with a tiny majority of just three. Now things get tougher as old cross-Party agreements break down and even sick and dying MPs are wheeled into the chamber to cast their votes! James Graham's acclaimed new play whisks us back to the days of the UK's previous hung Parliament, when politics got really dirty in the battle for power.
Jeremy Herrin
Director
Top Billed Cast

Vincent Franklin
Michael Cocks

Phil Daniels
Bob Mellish

Lauren O'Neill
Ann Taylor

Julian Wadham
Humphrey Atkins

Charles Edwards
Jack Weatherill

Reece Dinsdale
Walter Harrison

David Hounslow
Joe Harper

Gunnar Cauthery
Clockmaker / Peebles / Redditch / Birmingham Perry Barr

Christopher Godwin
Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
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