Ink (2017)

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Ink (2017) is a stage play by James Graham that dramatizes the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper in 1960s Britain.

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instanceOf stage play
theatrical work
author James Graham
awardNomination Olivier Award for Best New Play
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Tony Award for Best Play
basedOn historical events surrounding The Sun newspaper
BroadwayTheatre Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
character Larry Lamb
Rupert Murdoch
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
directorOfPremiereProduction Rupert Goold
focusesOn media competition with the Daily Mirror
linked to: Daily Mirror

rise of The Sun newspaper
tabloid journalism strategies
genre drama
historical drama
notableCastMember Bertie Carvel
Jonny Lee Miller
Richard Coyle
originalLanguage English
portrays transformation of The Sun into a mass-market tabloid
premieredAt Almeida Theatre
premiereDate 2017
premiereLocation London
linked to: London, England
producedBy Almeida Theatre
Manhattan Theatre Club
settingPlace London
linked to: London, England
settingTime 1969
subject 1960s Britain
British tabloid press
Rupert Murdoch
The Sun (British newspaper)
journalism
media ethics
theme class and popular culture in Britain
commercialization of news
ethics in journalism
power of the press
timePeriodDepicted late 1960s
transferredTo Broadway
Duke of York's Theatre
writer James Graham

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Rupert Goold directed Ink (stage play)
linked to: Ink (2017)