The Tories
A Tragedy
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Narrated by:
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Darren Altman
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Brian Bowles
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Joe Eyre
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Jess Nesling
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Rachel Petladwala
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By:
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Henry Morris
About this listen
The brilliant mind behind the Secret Tory presents 14 years of Tory rule – as told by William Shakespeare
'O, for a muse of fire that would ascend
The brightest heaven of pretention!
A kingdom for a stage, Tories to act,
Oligarchs to behold the swelling scene!’
So begins The Tories: A Tragedy. In this brilliant new work of political satire, Henry Morris presents fourteen years of Conservative (mis)rule in the only form in which such misfortunes could be portrayed: as a Shakespearean play.
In five acts that take in five prime ministers, The Tories: A Tragedy is a captivatingly realised Jacobean tragedy, replete with Machiavellian manoeuvrings, hilarious mechanicals and poignant verse. Publishing in the shadow of the most significant election since the Tories came to power in 2010, this exhilarating, original book is an alternative history of a disastrous reign – a drama that will appeal to those who love Shakespeare, comedy, Shakespeare’s comedies, and those who simply love to laugh at the Tory party.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-09-24
awful
possible the worst thing I've ever had the miss fortune to listen to . . .
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- martin wilsher
- 14-10-24
not up to the diary of a secret tory.
this book is not up to the standard of the diary of a secret tory. i really couldn't get into this, and i'm glad there is a book return policy.
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- D. Cottam
- 05-12-24
Brilliant Parody
The author’s introduction is a little slow but once the action begins, the skill of the pastiche and the performances are wonderful. If you know your Shakespeare, the recasting of the characters in MacBeth’s Brexit is apt and subtle (although several other plays are co-opted )Johnson, Gove and Cameron and numerous other household names are accurately drawn and well skewered . It’s very clever & hilarious.
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