THE STORY: Acclaimed playwright Laura Wade explores the lives of the young, wealthy, and privileged. In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence, and bloody good wine. But this isnt the last huzzah: Theyre planning a takeover. Welcome to the Riot Club.

[W]hile Wades play reminds us that many of the upper-class continue to enjoy the sound of broken glass, its success lies in harpooning the way power operates through a succession of nods and winks in our supposedly open, egalitarian society. - The Guardian (UK). blackly comic and often disgracefully entertaining - The Telegraph (UK). Laura Wades depiction of wealth and privilege is savagely funny. - Time Out (London). Beautifully observed, very funnyWades gifts as a satirist are beyond doubt. - Evening Standard (London).

Publisher

Dramatists Play Service Inc.

Format

Play

Binding

Softcover

ISBN

9780822225317

Stock code

9780822225317

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