Dear England Episodes 1 and 2 - BBC

Dear England review: Gareth Southgate's tenure as England manager is captured beautifully by Joseph Fiennes

In the 60 years since England last won a major football tournament, it still seems to think it’s owed another. When results go against it, disappointment can curdle into “we wuz robbed” outrage and violence. When players fail to meet impossible expectations, they are treated appallingly.It is this national pathology that James Graham’s magnificent adaptation of his award-winning play Dear England sets out to examine. More than a sports drama and…

Dear England review: Gareth Southgate’s spell as England manager thrillingly brought to life

An uncanny Joseph Fiennes reprises his stage performance as the much maligned football boss

Dear England Episodes 1 and 2 - BBC

Writer: James Graham Directors: Rupert Goold and Paul Whittington It begins as it does on stage with Gareth Southgate’s penalty miss from 1996, here using the real footage before cutting to the older wiser Southgate in 2016 morphed into Joseph Fiennes reprising his National Theatre and West End performance as the England manager who used [...] The post Dear England Episodes 1 and 2 – BBC appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

Dear England, neoliberalism and the fear of losing

I watched Dear England last night, having previously been a big fan of the play One of the central themes is that when Gareth Southgate took over as England manager, his team could not win because they were too frightened of losing. On the surface, that is a comment about football. In reality, it is about something much more than that. What Gareth Southgate appeared to understand, with some encouragement from team psychologist Pippa Grange, was …