The Absence of War offers a meditation on the classic problems of leadership, and is the third part of a critically acclaimed trilogy of plays (Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges) about British institutions. Its unsparing portrait of a Labour Party torn between past principles and future prosperity, and of a deeply sympathetic leader doomed to failure, made the play hugely controversial and prophetic when it was first presented at the National Theatre, London, in 1993.
- ISBN13 9780571170715
- Publish Date 3 September 2001
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 13 February 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English