The Ruling Class (play)

The Ruling Class
The Ruling Class
Written by	Peter Barnes
Characters	Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred; Daniel Tucker; Sir Charles Gurney; Lady Claire Gurney; Grace Shelley; Dr. Paul Herder; McKyle; Kelso Truscott, Q. C.; Detective Inspector Brockett; Detective Sergeant Fraser
Date premiered	6 November 1968
Place premiered	Nottingham Playhouse, Nottingham
Original language	English
Subject	insanity, social class in the United Kingdom
Setting	An English country house, the 1960s

The Ruling Class is a 1968 British play by Peter Barnes.^[2] The black comedy centres on Jack Arnold Alexander Tancred Gurney, the 14th Earl of Gurney and the attempts to cure him of insanity.

Peter O'Toole acquired the film rights and starred in the 1972 film adaptation.

^ Learning, Gale, Cengage. A Study Guide for Peter Barnes's "The Ruling Class". Gale, Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781410357083 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Lawson, Mark (27 January 2015). "Reviving The Ruling Class, Peter Barnes's 'drama of extremes'" – via www.theguardian.com.

[1] Learning, Gale, Cengage. A Study Guide for Peter Barnes's "The Ruling Class". Gale, Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781410357083 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Lawson, Mark (27 January 2015). "Reviving The Ruling Class, Peter Barnes's 'drama of extremes'" – via www.theguardian.com.

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