NT LIVE: BEST OF ENEMIES (15 AS LIVE)

By James Graham, directed by Jeremy Herrin, inspired by the documentary by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon.

David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama. In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever. Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London’s West End.

£12.50 (£11.50)

★★★★★
The most satisfying play of the year
Sunday Times
★★★★★
A scintillating, perfectly-timed play
Financial Times
★★★★★
James Graham’s dynamic, intoxicatingly thoughtful play
Evening Standard
★★★★★
A compelling, human drama
The Times
★★★★
Astoundingly good
Time Out
★★★★
Zachary Quinto is a pitch-perfect Vidal
Telegraph
★★★★
Stupendous. An absolute must-see
Guardian

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