- English drama, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Upper class, Drama
Devastating satire on the British upper classes, the 14th Earl of Gurney fresh from an insane asylum claims his inheritance. Gurney believes himself to be Jesus Christ - is contrasted with the rest of the family's sane evil. He finally is "cured" and becomes a blood thirsty Tory who is therefore sane and eminently acceptable to the house of Lords.
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Comic, bleak, intimate and prestige.
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Peter Barnes
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 114
- Publisher
- Heinemann Educational Books, Heinemann, L'Avant-scène
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780435230555
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