They are all called “damn difficult women”.However, the drama that opens in London for the new year will portray Theresa May He has more in common with anti-Brexit activist Gina Miller than stubbornness.
Bloody woman It may even imply that if they had not become political opponents because of the parliamentary right to leave the EU, then their similar characteristics and experiences—both hardworking and both love cricket—can have made them friends.
“This is a human psychodrama about idealism, obsession, and delusion,” said playwright Tim Walker. “This is also a tragedy, of course it is a tragedy for May, and it is also a tragedy of the tremendous pressure and personal threats that Miller faces.”
Miller, a wealthy businesswoman, was born in British Guiana and moved to the UK at the age of 10. In 2016, she decided to take the government to court for Article 50 of the UK’s EU withdrawal clause. “I am angry that people are trying to bypass parliament and think they are above the law,” she said.
However, as stated in the play, she experienced Horrible abuse-some of it is racism (“Going back to where you came from” is regular) and some sexismThe death threat was so serious that she had to hire private protection. “We also installed cameras and emergency buttons around the house. I had to send stop and termination letters to eight people.”
The play depicts May being advised by two fictitious civil servants (Rosen and Gilden-whose names are inspired by Hamlet’s friends Rosenkrantz and Gilden Stern), and the young Gilden is ultimately due to their Resigned after staying in Europe. On the other hand, Miller’s third husband, Allen, is her advisor.
In a scene in the play, the two women speak to the audience. “When a person takes a stand on something, he is considered a maverick,” Miller said. “But women who do this are considered crazy.”
May replied: “Women can’t complain. If we do, we will complain and be hysterical.” She added, “If a man messes up, he can shrug and walk away with a little tune.”This is for reference David Cameron’s resignation letter outside 10 Downing Street in June 2016.
Miller went on to say “Many men hate me”; May responded with the same words, and then added, “But I have to keep going.”
Walker, predecessor Observer Reporter, now a critic New Europe, Saying that this is not “a Brexit Play but the episode of Brexit captured in miniature through a drama centered on two very motivated women”.
There is a third protagonist in the play: Paul Duckley, Such a powerful editor Daily mail, Who is the real villain of this work. He thinks: “Miller is a wealthy woman, she is not even from here, but she tries to confuse the will of our people.” Ducker promised May to support Brexit, but warned her that it would be best to fulfill it.
Dacre, who was full of swear words, roared to the staff, “Continue to emphasize that Miller is foreign-born. And use her worst photos.”
Miller, on the receiving end of other abuse mail Including some Brexitists’ suggestion that “she should be executed”, she suffered even greater losses in subsequent online attacks. “But I have nowhere to complain to newspapers or newspaper regulators.”
After the judge ruled on Miller, there is a key scenario where Parliament must have a say in leaving the EU. “This is a contest between the judge and the people,” Ducker declared before asking to tell the now infamous “enemy of the people” story. mail Single out the judiciary to ignore its will.According to the story in the play, this step is too much for them mailIts owner, Lord Rothermere, relieved Ducker from his editorial position after 18 months.
As Miller said on stage: “Ducker intends to defeat me, but I defeated him.”
Walker, who has known Miller for nearly ten years, did not tell her that he was writing his script, even though she had read it now—if only to check facts for errors. May’s office is now also informed of the play, but there is no response.
“When May confronted Miller, she was trapped by her own personality and could not listen to the opinions of some smart people in Parliament,” said historian Anthony Selden, who wrote a biography for May. “But May really knows that Miller is right-especially because she respects Parliament. But she was also influenced by another British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, “Don’t turn around “Because this is a weakness. Ironically, Brexit is not something May is very concerned about, even though others in her party are obviously concerned.”
Bloody woman Opened at Riverside Studios in February exist London.
