Plays
Political drama whose plot is rather like Mel Gibson’s “Braveheart” (semi-historical story of a subjected nation raising revolution against their imperial overlords), except that the leader is a woman in 62 AD Roman Britain & the emphasis is much more on dialogue than action.
The entire piece is written in Iambic Pentameter (though exclusively in modern English), so its effect actually quite resembles Macbeth.
Political drama depicting the dying days of the ancient Roman republic:
The Roman commons have grown so dissatisfied with economic stagnation, detached elites, and dysfunctional politics, that they're willing to exchange their political liberties for a redistributional tyrant.
The Roman elite are deadlocked between two parties: An obstinately unresponsive ultra-conservative party in power, and a disorganized reform party whose leaders must repeatedly resort to unsuccessful revolutions for lack of constitutional social relief.
Catiline was the last reformer to unsuccessfully attempt such a coup d'etat (the next reformer, Julius Caesar, ultimately succeeding and ending the republic altogether).
This story details Catiline's failed revolt in 63 BC amidst such a volatile political atmosphere, wherein economic frustration is instigating the death of a democracy. As such, it's a cautionary tale for present-day circumstances in many parts of the developed world.
The entire piece is written in Iambic Pentameter, so its effect quite resembles Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' (for which it makes a suitable prequel).