New Year's Eve 1999, and Europe is a single army at war. Sam Howard visits his daughter in prison, and reflects on two prior New Year's celebrations involving her: one when she was a child, and one where he encouraged her to be a radical.
By 1999, Great Britain is part of a true European Community in the midst of a Euro-war. The play follows the fortunes of a small family unit -Sam, Rachel and Cathy - over a period of 20 years, during which time it considers the political ideals of the youth in the 1990s, and compares them to the same in the 1960s.—GusF