{"product_id":"9781472587817","title":"Tory Boyz","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTory Boyz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): James Graham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI just remember, even as a, as a young . . . man, not even man, just a boy . . . when nothing makes sense, and you're not sure who you are . . . the idea of – the strength of the person that stands alone, carves their own path . . . of it not being who you are or where you're from but what you do\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam, a working-class northern lad, is a Tory researcher working in the office of an education minister. His colleagues know that he's gay, but aware of his career prospects as a possible future MP, he prefers to keep it under wraps, much to the dismay of his Labour opposite number, James, who is trying to keen to have a relationship with him. Has Sam got any chance of rising through the Tory ranks if he comes out of the closet completely? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscovering that he is working in the same office in which Ted Heath originally began his career inspires Sam to research the man and the rumours about his sexuality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough juxtaposing two careers – Ted Heath's and that of the young, modern Tory researcher – Graham questions whether sexuality matters in today's political world and, if it does, then why.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTory Boyz\u003c\/i\u003e was first performed by the National Youth Theatre Company at Soho Theatre, London, on 21 July 2008. This edition contains the updated script from 2013 as well as an introduction by Anthony Banks, director and Associate Director for National Theatre Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The play . . . captures well the contradictions of the modern Tory  party where careerist young toffs . . . co-exist with working-class  idealists . . .  The former even mocks the latter for being \"one of  them\", meaning people who want to make things better.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lively, believable picture of private party politics” —\u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Graham's play is about appearance and reality, about how politics is  about knowing that what doesn't have to be said, doesn't have to be  mended, and how, if everything is abandoned in the quest for power, then  there is nothing – even love – left at all.” —\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The play . . . captures well the contradictions of the modern Tory   party where careerist young toffs . . . co-exist with working-class   idealists . . .  The former even mocks the latter for being \"one of   them\", meaning people who want to make things better.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472587817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596919091406,"sku":"9781472587817","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_370f93dd-2bf3-47d7-b23c-b894f1356ad8.jpg?v=1637869535","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472587817","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}