What Not

Rose Macaulay (1881 - 1958)

The Great War is finished: England is once more at peace. What can have caused such a War, except stupidity? What, if not intelligence, can prevent another? This view gives rise to a new ministry: the Ministry of Brains, under whose regulation foolish marriage is discouraged, and stupid children taxed. But will the public put up with this kind of regulation? Can the will to disorganised love be suppressed - in the townships of England, or, indeed, within the Ministry's own walls? (Summary by Jack Larsen)

Genre(s): Science Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Note and Apology Jack Larsen
00:06:02
Play 01 The Ministry Jack Larsen
00:35:08
Play 02 Little Chantreys Jack Larsen
00:35:55
Play 03 Brains Sunday Jack Larsen
00:22:47
Play 04 Our Week Jack Larsen
00:29:34
Play 05 The Explanation Campaign Jack Larsen
00:34:13
Play 06 The Simple Human Emotions Jack Larsen
00:33:36
Play 07 The Breaking Point Jack Larsen
00:33:29
Play 08 On Fixed Hearts and Changing Scenes Jack Larsen
00:30:52
Play 09 'The Common Herd' Jack Larsen
00:29:15
Play 10 A Ministry at Bay Jack Larsen
00:27:59
Play 11 The Storming of the Hotel Jack Larsen
00:13:01
Play 12 Debris Jack Larsen
00:17:56