Cultural Depictions of Margaret Thatcher - Theatre

Theatre

  • Billy Elliot the Musical (2005) contains the song Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher by Elton John
  • Market Boy (2006) – set in a marketplace in 1980s Romford, a character called "Posh Lady" is meant to resemble Thatcher. When the play debuted at the National Theatre in London, she was played by Nicola Blackwell
  • The Death of Margaret Thatcher (2008) – Thatcher's coffin is onstage throughout the play, which deals with the cast's differing reactions to her death
  • Handbagged (2010) – a play shown at the Tricycle Theatre in London as part of its Women, Power and Politics festival. Handbagged examined the relationship between Thatcher and the Queen. The younger Mrs Thatcher was portrayed by Claire Cox and the elder by Stella Gonet
  • Thatcher – The Musical!
  • The Audience (2013, played in the premiere production by Haydn Gwynne)

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