THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF 40TH MIKE LEIGHS CLASSIC PLAY WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE PLAYWRITE.Forty years on from its first performance at the Hampstead Theatre and original screening on BBC1 soon after, Mike Leighs Abigails Party telling of two marriages spectacularly unravelling at an awkward neighbourhood drinks party remains a pinnacle of British theatre.Here is the original script, complete with a new introduction by Mike Leigh describing the plays unlikely genesis, how it came to be made and where he believes it fits within his oeuvre as one of the countrys leading writers and directors.The play came from my intuitive sense of the spirit and the flavour of the times, and from a growing personal fear of, and frustration with the suburban existence Mike Leigh, from his new introductionLeighs play isnt simply about marriage and Essex, but also about the unhappy state of the realm Guardian

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