- Well, obviously I knew David Hare's work very well.
When I came out of drama school and first worked at the National, I saw "Racing Demon" and "Murmuring Judges," and he was doing a triple bill at the National at the time.
And he's obviously a left-wing writer, but I'd never seen him write about right-wing politics.
And I think that has brought another edge to his work.
- Now, our party owned law and order, and I am not surrendering that electoral ground to anyone.
- I thought we added efficiency too.
- Identity trumps efficiency.
If you don't know that, you shouldn't be in politics.
- I think it's so blunt and brutal and funny and scathing.
- We've been summonsed to Downing Street.
- Summonsed?
That the same as summoned?
Or is it, is it better or worse?
- It has a sharpness that I really enjoyed when I read.
I think all the characters are pretty venal.
They're quick and they're bright and they're ambitious, but they're honest.
- Are you on a personal mission to destroy me?
(Duncan snorts) - There're no heroes in this.
They're people quickly moving around in a shark pool, and I like that pace.
- You have to trust me.
- I think that's a much more interesting story than watching our heroes become even better.
