Arden Plays: 2: The Workhouse Donkey, Armstrong's Last Goodnight, Left-Handed Liberty, Squire Jonathan, the Bagman

John Arden: "Of all his generation, he has come nearest to greatness while staying furthest from popular recognition."—Daily Telegraph
The Workhouse Donkey: "Arden's masterpiece. It hit me amidships and left me feeling it was after all possible to unite passion, politics, poetry, sex, and song in a living theatrical form."—Guardian
Armstrong's Last Goodnight: "This magnificent play ... is now more timely than ever. Subtitled "An Exercise in Diplomacy," it will survive for as long as there are people who try to disarm violence with verbal argument. Arden is saying complicated things through a story as direct as a folk-song."—Independent on Sunday
Left-Handed Liberty: "It is clotted with ideas ... full of stage pictures stamped out like shots in a film."—Observer
The True History of Squire Jonathan and his Unfortunate Treasure: "A moral fable ... a literary near-poetic play."—Time Out
The Bagman: "A complete triumph—it was that mystical thing, pure radio ... it was a shining piece of ingenuity as well."—New Statesman