It's late summer, 1983. Out in the street, the world is waiting to greet Margaret Thatcher as she emerges from hospital after routine surgery. But here in this room her life is up for deadly debate… and history is holding its breath.
Two people. One window. A gun. When the time comes to pull the trigger, what side of history will you be on?
Based on the incendiary short story by Hilary Mantel, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is a darkly funny and dangerously tense psychological thriller. Alexandra Wood's stage adaptation was first performed at Liverpool Everyman in 2026, directed by John Young.
'A small triumph: a lesson in artfully controlled savagery' Sunday Times on Hilary Mantel's original short story
| ISBN: | 9781839045585 |
| Publication date: | 14th May 2026 |
| Author: | Alexandra Wood, Hilary Mantel |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards) Plays, playscripts |
It's late summer, 1983. Out in the street, the world is waiting to greet Margaret Thatcher as she emerges from hospital after routine surgery. But here in this room her life is up for deadly debate… and history is holding its breath.
Two people. One window. A gun. When the time comes to pull the trigger, what side of history will you be on?
Based on the incendiary short story by Hilary Mantel, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is a darkly funny and dangerously tense psychological thriller. Alexandra Wood's stage adaptation was first performed at Liverpool Everyman in 2026, directed by John Young.
'A small triumph: a lesson in artfully controlled savagery' Sunday Times on Hilary Mantel's original short story
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher features in the following genres: Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Plays, playscripts
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher is available in Paperback
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher was written by Alexandra Wood, Hilary Mantel and published by Nick Hern Books
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher has 96 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
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