The Vertical Hour: A Play

By David Hare

Book Overview

"Politics is about the reconciliation of the irreconcilable," says Nadia Blye, a young American war reporter turned academic who teaches political studies at Yale. With her faith in academia beginning to erode and memories from her time in the Balkans and the Middle East haunting her, Nadia travels with her boyfriend, Philip Lucas, to rural England to visit her father, Oliver, who has his own past to reckon with. The challenge of Nadia's encounter with Oliver forces decisions on her that will affect her for the rest of her life.

For thirty-five years, David Hare has written plays that capture the flavor of our times and address the interconnection between our secret motives and our public politics. In The Vertical Hour, he continues his investigation of the morality of international intervention, and of how the war in Iraq impacts the lives of British and American citizens.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865479658
• ISBN13: 9780865479654
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Sadly Underrated

This poorly reviewed play reads as well as it was performed. The political chops of present day America is discouragingly immature, not to mention Broadway. Too bad, and everyone's loss, as this play hits home in a powerful and meaningful way.