by Moira Buffini

"Whatever we say must stay between these three walls."

The monarch and her most powerful subject. One believed there was no such thing as society and the other vowed to serve it. Moira Buffini’s sparkling and insightful piece cleverly explores the nature of history – and what might have gone on behind closed doors at the weekly meetings between the Queen and Mrs Thatcher. The story of Britain in the 1980s, and its changing role in the world, unfolds through the relationship between these two formidable stateswomen – two very different characters.

Moira Buffini’s high-spirited play, premiering in 2013, views both her main protagonists with an empathetic and respectful eye. We catch a glimpse of the awkwardness and sharpness beneath a polite and formal surface. The result is funny and fast-moving, taking in snapshots of the historical highlights of the time, and shifting effortlessly from high comedy to occasional moments of tragedy.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books