A Modest Little Man
2018
“A moving and entertaining play about Clement Attlee”
— New Statesman
“Beckett’s supreme achievement is to render all the affectionately drawn key characters of the time accessible, engaging and inspiring”
— Morning Star
“Francis Beckett’s comic play, A Modest Little Man, offers a splendid illustration of Attlee's towering absence of ego”
— Broadway World
“A thought-provoking piece that is distinctly aware of the importance of remembering the past in difficult political climates”
— Thespyinthestalls.com
“This is one of the most enjoyable fringe shows I have seen in ages”
— Reviewsgate
Clem Attlee’s 1945 government gave us the welfare state, the NHS, our education system, and all the trappings of a civilised society that we now take for granted. Yet Attlee himself is almost forgotten.
So I decided to write an Attlee play – and to make it a comedy. People who saw it were going to find out, not just that he was an able and determined leader, but he was also fun. In his own peculiar way.
For scripts and performance enquiries contact TSL Books or visit Clement Attlee: A Modest Little Man – Francis Beckett (DRAMA).
If you want to stage the original production, contact francis@francisbeckett.co.uk.
Photos by Mark Thomas. Top picture: Roger Rose as Attlee, Silas Hawkins as Dalton. Lower picture: Roger Rose, Lynne O’Sullivan as Violet Attlee, Clive Greenwood as King George V1.
