The contingency plan

by Steve Waters · 2009

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This title is a double-bill of plays ('Resilience' and 'On the Beach') from the frontline of climate change. They stand alone but dove-tail together to present an epic portrait of an England of the near future, in which massive flooding has already destroyed Bristol and now threatens to sink the east coast.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 182 pages
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