National Theatre Live: This House (2013)

National Theatre Live: This House (2013)

2013-05-15 United Kingdom 159 Min. PG-13
8.5 2 votes

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.

Cast

Vincent Franklin is Michael Cocks
Michael Cocks
Phil Daniels is Bob Mellish
Bob Mellish
Lauren O'Neill is Ann Taylor
Ann Taylor
Julian Wadham is Humphrey Atkins
Humphrey Atkins
Charles Edwards is Jack Weatherill
Jack Weatherill
Reece Dinsdale is Walter Harrison
Walter Harrison
David Hounslow is Joe Harper
Joe Harper
Gunnar Cauthery is Clockmaker / Peebles / Redditch / Birmingham Perry Barr
Clockmaker / Peebles / Redditch / Birmingham Perry Barr
Christopher Godwin is Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Woolwich West / Batley & Morley / Western Isles
Andrew Havill is Walsall North / Serjeant at ArmsAct 1 / Speaker Act 2 / Plymouth Sutton
Walsall North / Serjeant at ArmsAct 1 / Speaker Act 2 / Plymouth Sutton
Helena Lymbery is Rochester & Chatham / Welwyn & Hatfield / Coventry South West / Lady Batley
Rochester & Chatham / Welwyn & Hatfield / Coventry South West / Lady Batley
Matthew Pidgeon is Paddington South / Chelmsford / South Ayrshire / Henley
Paddington South / Chelmsford / South Ayrshire / Henley