Details

"A man should never turn down two things. Sex, and appearing on television." 1968 - a year of protest that divided America. As two men fight to become the next President, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F Buckley Jr., and the iconoclastic liberal Gore Vidal. Beliefs are challenged and slurs slung as these political idols feud nightly in a new television format, debating the moral landscape of a shattered nation. Little do they know they're about to open up a new frontier in American politics, and transform television news forever...

Cast/Performers

Charles Edwards (Gore Vidal), David Harewood (William F Buckley Jr), Margo Cargill, Emilio Doorgasingh, Clare Foster, Tom Godwin, John Hodgkinson, Justina Kehinde, Syrus Lowe, Kevin McMonagle, Sam Otto

Creatives/Company

Author: James Graham
Producer(s): Young Vic, Headlong
Director(s): Jeremy Herrin, Charlotte Sutton (CDG - casting director)
Design(s): Bunny Christie, Luke Halls (video design)
Lighting: Paule Constable