Overview
A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend. One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future. Mike Bartlett's play An Intervention premiered at the Watford Palace Theatre in April 2014, in a co-production with Paines Plough. 'Engaged, entertaining and forthright... not only politically engaged but also fiercely uncompromising in its mission to entertain' — Exeunt Magazine 'Incisive, intimate, closely focused… has Bartlett's astute wit and extraordinary ability to pinpoint the way maturity can suddenly slip away' — Financial Times 'Superb… intensely dramatic' — WhatsOnStage 'Nimble and elegant… [a] smart two-hander' — The Stage
Full Product Details
Author: Mike Bartlett
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.114kg
ISBN: 9781848423831
ISBN 10: 1848423837
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 17 April 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
'Engaged, entertaining and forthright... not only politically engaged but also fiercely uncompromising in its mission to entertain' * Exeunt Magazine * 'Incisive, intimate, closely focused... has Bartlett's astute wit and extraordinary ability to pinpoint the way maturity can suddenly slip away' * Financial Times * 'Superb... intensely dramatic' * WhatsOnStage * 'Nimble and elegant... [a] smart two-hander' * The Stage *
'Engaged, entertaining and forthright... not only politically engaged but also fiercely uncompromising in its mission to entertain' * Exeunt Magazine * 'Incisive, intimate, closely focused… has Bartlett's astute wit and extraordinary ability to pinpoint the way maturity can suddenly slip away' * Financial Times * 'Superb… intensely dramatic' * WhatsOnStage * 'Nimble and elegant… [a] smart two-hander' * The Stage *
Author Information
Mike Bartlett is a multi-award-winning writer for both stage and screen. Theatre includes: Juniper Blood (Donmar Warehouse, 2025); Unicorn (West End, 2025); Scandaltown (Lyric Hammersmith, 2022); The 47th (Old Vic, London, 2022); Mrs Delgado (Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2021); Snowflake (Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2018); Albion (Almeida Theatre, London, 2017); Wild (Hampstead Theatre, 2016); Game (Almeida, 2015); King Charles III (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2014); An Intervention (Paines Plough/Watford, 2014); Bull (Sheffield Theatres, 2013); Medea (Headlong, 2012); Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theatre, 2012); 13 (National Theatre, London, 2011); Decade (Headlong, 2011); Earthquakes in London (Headlong & National Theatre, 2010); Love, Love, Love (Paines Plough & Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2010); Cock (Royal Court, 2009; West End, 2022); Contractions (Royal Court Theatre, London, 2008); Artefacts (Bush Theatre & Nabokov, 2008); and My Child (Royal Court, 2007). Television includes: Life, Doctor Foster, King Charles III, Sticks and Stones, Trauma and Press.
