Overview
Newbury, 1997. Sal is attempting to cook
dinner for the family. She and husband David have pulled off a coup and
gathered their brood back home for the weekend. Eldest son Carl is
bringing his new girlfriend to meet everyone for the first time; middle
daughter Polly is back from Cambridge University for the occasion; and
youngest Tom will hopefully make it out of detention in time for dinner.
Sal and David would rather feed their kids with leftist ideals and
welfarism than fancy cuisine. When you've named each of your offspring
after your socialist heroes, you've given them a lot to live up to…
Jack Thorne's play the end of history… premiered in the
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June
2019, in a production directed by John Tiffany.