Download or read book Absolute Hell written by Rodney Ackland and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-22 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Condemned as a "libel on the British people" when it was first produced in 1951, Absolute Hell is set in a decaying West End drinking club at the end of the Second World War. The 1995 production at the Royal National Theatre starred Judi Dench and was directed by Anthony Page.