Jack Tinker, Daily Mail
...disturbing, moving and above all, extremely witty...
Ned Chaillet, The Times
...a rare, canny piece of play writing.
Francis King, Sunday Telegraph
Mitchell creates the turkish-bath atmosphere of his monastic community most convincingly and his dialogue fizzes and flashes with his wit...
John Ashford, Time Out
...a genuinely exciting, densely political play. [Mitchell's] acerbic wit finds a perfect match in the precious self-importance of his subjects.
Clive Hirschhorn, Sunday Express
...strikingly well written...
Book Description
Another Country is set in an English public school in the early 1930s. The future leaders of the English ruling class are being prepared for their roles in the Establishment. But the two central characters are outsiders: Guy Bennett, coming to terms with homosexuality, and Tommy Judd, a committed Marxist. Judd wants to abolish the whole system of British life, Bennett wants a successful career within it – but school, and the system, have traditional ways of dealing with rebels.
Another Country had a 19-month West End run following its Greenwich Theatre premiere. It was SWET Play of the Year 1982 and subsequently a successful film starring Kenneth Branagh and Rupert Everett. (Cast 10m)
Another Country had a 19-month West End run following its Greenwich Theatre premiere. It was SWET Play of the Year 1982 and subsequently a successful film starring Kenneth Branagh and Rupert Everett. (Cast 10m)
From the Publisher
Amber Lane Press plays by Julian Mitchell include August (Uncle Vanya), After Aida, Francis and Falling Over England.
