As his fascinating new play 55 Days opens at Hampstead Theatre, starring Mark Gatiss as King Charles I and Douglas Henshall as Oliver Cromwell, playwright Howard Brenton provides an insight into the pivotal, tumultuous historical background to the drama, and the men who embodied it... A LOST HISTORY Recently I met a Frenchman in London … Continue reading Howard Brenton: A forgotten revolution – the historical context to 55 Days