‘Future history’: how Charles III first trod the boards of London stage
by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#63GAG)
Playwright Mike Bartlett says his drama King Charles III, which premiered in 2014, included some uncanny predictions
Stage and film dramas have fictionalised the lives of Queen Elizabeth II and Diana, Princess of Wales, but rarely has Prince Charles been placed centre stage. The few writers who have imagined him as a future king have tended to portray him as an enlightened hero, a monarch who might stand up to a malign political regime in Westminster.
Eight years ago, the playwright Mike Bartlett, perhaps best known for creating the popular television series Doctor Foster, surprised London theatre audiences with King Charles III.
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