Theatre has always had an interesting intersection with history, reflecting and redefining it in various ways. Think Shakespeare creating heroes and villains in his plays in order to suit the current monarch’s tastes, and shaping our view of English rulers in the process - a kind of national myth-making. History, of course, is written (or sponsored) by the winners. In recent years, political playwrights like David Hare and James Graham have grappled with extraordinary modern history as it...