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King Cromwell

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 6m

Oliver Ford Davies

"If good history plays offer a metaphor for the present, then Oliver Ford Davies's KING CROMWELL eloquently passes the test. The play's virtue is that it clarifies big issues without over-simplifying them, and conveys the endless paradoxes of Cromwel…

King Cromwell

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 6m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Docudrama/Historic
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
The year is 1657 and an infirm Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, is nearing the end of his life. But who will succeed him? Parliament want him to be king which will unite the people but is against Cromwell's republican principles and will mean his ill-suited son, Richard, succeeds him. But the alternative is a military dictatorship under Cromwell's second-in-command, John Lambert. This elegant, witty play presents a very human portrait of Cromwell.
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Performing Groups
M6 (30s, 40s, 58)
F2 (28, 35)
  • Time Period 16th Century / Elizabethan
  • Setting A bedchamber
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Oliver Ford Davies

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