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Article: Democracy by Michael Frayn; National Theatre.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 10, 2003
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Byline: MICHAEL COVENEY
OUT of the unpromising material of life in the Bonn parliament under Willy Brandt, the German chancellor from 1969 to 1974, Michael Frayn has fashioned a brilliant new play about trust, friendship and identity.
Brandt's downfall was precipitated by the discovery of an East German spy working as his personal assistant.
The drama swivels on Brandt's relationship with this man, Gunter Guillaume, and Brandt's charismatic campaign for 'daring more democracy' with the Communist bloc.
Frayn's play floats around the stage with the actors passing it on like a rugby ball.
Michael Blakemore's beautiful production ...