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Play 'The Vote' to be broadcast during final hours of general election voting; Donmar Warehouse: INT Josie Rourke (Director) interview SOT - the 47 actors controlling a play ending at precisely 10 o'clock may be the most socialist thing happening in this general election EXT Shots of poster for 'The Vote' on thetre wall INT James Graham (Writer) interview SOT - there's something about this unglamorous side of the general election / not the big rallies, being on the campaign trail, the swingometers on election night, this is where it happens Snow SOT: the essence of democracy James Graham SOT - it is / this unremarkable place is essence of where we pick our government Snow smartening himself up as Dame Judi Dench and Finty Williams enter room Snwo greets Dench and Williams Dame Judi Dench (actress) and Finty Williams (actress) interview SOT Dench: no, we've been in films together before, but that's quite different / this is the moment we longed for Q: I sense you spoke to her as you could never speak to your mother? Finty Williams SOT - I would never dare Q: you pretended to be a lot older than you are? Judi Dench SOT - this is the best compliment I've ever been given / I have had a limp until about a year ago when I had my knee done / so I recall it every now and again Q: in order to get to the voting box? Dench laughs Finty Williams SOT - but then she walks off stage and carries on limping Q: did you think you could get a drama out of a polling station? Judi Dench SOT - I didn't even consider that / I genuinely thought, oh it's the part I've been waiting for 60 years, a part that opens on one night and closes about 10 days later / heaven to do that Q: how was it with mum? Finty Williams (partly overlaid) SOT - fantastic, it's what I've wanted to do for such a long time