James Graham is a playwright and film and television writer. His work for theatre, film and TV includes This House; Ink; Finding Neverland (with Gary Barlow); Quiz; Sketching; The Culture; Labour of Love; Monster Raving Loony; Caught in a Trap; Coalition; Brexit: An Uncivil War; X and Y; The Vote; The Angry Brigade; Privacy; Sixty Six Books; Basset; The Man; The Whisky Taster; A History of Falling Things; SuddenLossOfDignity.Com; Tory Boyz; Sons of York; Little Madam; Eden's Empire and Albert's Boy.Nicholas Holden is Head of Academic Affairs and Research at LAMDA, having previously been Senior Lecturer in Drama at the University of Greenwich, UK. He works on contemporary British theatre, in particular, the work of the Royal Court and its work with young people and writers throughout its history.

• James Graham: A TimelineIntroductionContext:- The Playwright in Context- A Political Play for Today- The 1970sThemes:- Structures of Power- Representations of Class- The Women of Parliament Dramatic Devices:- Foreshadowing- Music and Sound- ScenographyFurther ExplorationThe Language of Parliament: A GlossaryThis House Notes

It recreates, with startling vividness, the madness of life in the Westminster village during five action-filled years ... above all, the play unlocks a whole era.