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As one interviewee, the late Christopher Hitchens, understates, “They really did despise each other.” That antipathy, which evidently owed much to Vidal’s taunting pan-sexuality and Buckley’s rigid Catholic revulsion at same, didn’t erupt into history-making acrimony till the ninth of the ten debates, but it’s in plain view from the first. They had crossed paths at political events in 19 and come away with a profound mutual loathing. So the network of course enlisted Vidal, a celebrity provocateur from the left side of the dial, and persuaded Buckley to accept it. Asked by the network if there was anyone he would not debate, he said he would refuse any Communist, or Gore Vidal. Buckley, editor of the National Review and host of PBS’ “Firing Line,” was already the nation’s leading conservative media celebrity. The choice of antagonists could not have been more incendiary. Poor third-place ABC, with neither the stars nor the resources to match its competitors, needed a gimmick, and it lit upon a corker: have two ideological opposites debate the conventions as part of the network’s coverage. CBS and NBC had their star anchors ( Walter Cronkite on the former, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley on the latter) and set out to broadcast the events gavel-to-gavel. It was not an even playing field for the three networks, though. The 1968 conventions were the first to be broadcast in color, and an estimated 80 percent of Americans watched them.

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Like the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, the Buckley-Vidal throwdown was the product of the decade when television was truly in full effect in American life, and much was brand new. This Young Vic and Headlong transfer to the Noël Coward “ rushes at the audience like a newshound after a story” (The Observer) and is “ the most riveting play in London’ (New York Times).The differences may jump out first.

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James Graham’s work for TV ( Sherwood, Quiz, Brexit: The Uncivil War) and theatre ( Ink, This House, Labour of Love) makes him one of the UK’s most exhilarating and celebrated writers and Best of Enemies reunites him with award-winning director, Jeremy Herrin ( People, Places and Things, Wolf Hall Trilogy, This House). Little do they know they're about to open up a new frontier in American politics, and transform television news forever… Beliefs are challenged and slurs slung as these political idols feud nightly in a new television format, debating the moral landscape of a shattered nation. Buckley Jr., and the iconoclastic liberal Gore Vidal. As two men fight to become the next President, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F.

Buckley Jr.ġ968 – a year of protest that divided America. Zachary Quinto ( The Boys in the Band, Star Trek, Heroes) makes his London stage debut playing left-wing icon Gore Vidal, with David Harewood ( Homeland, Super Girl, Ten Percent) reprising his role as the right-wing figurehead William F. The sold out, critically acclaimed and multiple award-winning hit, Best of Enemies transfers to the West End this November. “a scintillating, perfectly-timed play” Financial Times “Stupendous… an absolute must-see” The Guardian “The most riveting play in London” New York Times ★★★★★ The Times, Observer, Time Out, Sunday Times, Financial Times, iNews, Evening Standard, Daily Mail

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