I'm Talking about Jerusalem

I'm Talking about Jerusalem is the final play by Arnold Wesker in The Wesker Trilogy of kitchen sink dramas. The first part is Chicken Soup with Barley and the second is Roots. The 'Jerusalem' in the play's title refers to William Morris's idea of the new Jerusalem (a socialist haven) and has been taken from William Blake's poem "And did those feet in ancient time". The full trilogy was first performed at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, in 1958 to 1959, and Jerusalem transferred to the Royal Court Theatre in 1958 where the full trilogy was staged in 1960.

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