Un dramaturgo británico cuya obra examina críticamente los problemas sociales y las relaciones contemporáneas. Sus obras a menudo exploran las dinámicas de poder, la identidad y el impacto de la vida moderna a través de un realismo agudo, a veces inquietante. Es conocido por su diálogo incisivo y su habilidad para capturar verdades universales en escenarios específicos. Su escritura invita a la reflexión sobre la naturaleza humana y las expectativas sociales.
The Queen is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, the prince ascends the throne. But how to rule? Mike Bartlett's controversial and celebrated new "future history" play, which transferred to the West End after an acclaimed world premiere, explores the people beneath the crowns, the unwritten rules of democracy, and the conscience of Britain's most famous family.
"Work out what you want and go for it with all your conviction and don't care if you seem outrageous or stupid ... All that's needed, in the end, is belief. An identical, terrifying dream haunts Londoners in the midst of economic gloom and ineffective protest. Whilst the prime minister considers a preventive war, a young man returns home with a vision for the future. Coincidences, omens and visions collide with political reality in this epic new play from the writer of Earthquakes in London. Set in a dark and magical landscape, it depicts a London both familiar and strange, a London staring into the void. In a year which has seen governments fall as the people take to the streets, 13 explores the meaning of personal responsibility, the hold that the past has over the future and the nature of belief itself."--Publisher's description