"Howard Brenton's plays are not easy. from Sore Throats his vicious attack on marriage to The Romans in Britain where he alternated scenes of the mediaval occupation by the Romans of Britain with scens of the modern day occupation of the British in Northern Ireland, his plays always stretch the ways we look at these and other issues. Brenton's plays are often described as a meld of Brecht and Genet. He brings the politics down to a level that is both personal and involving. "

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