The Romans in Britain

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The Romans in Britain is a stage play by Howard Brenton that comments upon imperialism and the abuse of power.

A cast of thirty actors play sixty roles.

Contents 1 Stage history 2 See also 3 Bibliography 4 External links

[edit] Stage history

The play was first staged at the Royal National Theatre in 1980, and subsequently became the focus of an unsuccessful legal challenge by campaigner Mary Whitehouse against the play’s director Michael Bogdanov. The complaint related to the on-stage depiction of homosexual rape. The director Samuel West resurrected the play in 2006 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.

[edit] See also

• Roman Britain
• Royal National Theatre

[edit] Bibliography

• Howard Brenton, The Romans in Britain (London: Eyre Methuen, 1980) ISBN 041346590X

[edit] External links

• Mediawatch formally the National Viewers and Listeners Association (campaign group), opinion article.
• Look Back in Anger The Guardian, January 2006, feature article.
• Blog entry about the 2006 Sheffield production