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If you thought politics was boring, you should check out today’s political theatre

How has political theatre fared during the coalition? Not very well, says Lloyd Evans

2 May 2015

9:00 AM

2 May 2015

9:00 AM

Writers and producers have shown little appetite for putting the coalition on stage. Several reasons suggest themselves. In 2010 wise pundits assured us all that the Rose Garden duo would squabble and part long before the five-year term expired, and theatre folk were persuaded not to gamble on a ship that might sail at any moment.

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