The National Theatre will present the world premiere of David Hare’s The Power of Yes: A dramatist seeks to understand the financial crisis, to begin performances at the Lyttleton Theatre on September 29. The production will be directed by Angus Jackson and designed by Bob Crowley. Casting has yet to be the announced.
The work, which was commissioned by the National’s artistic director, is being billed as “not so much a play as a jaw-dropping account of how, as the banks went bust, capitalism was replaced by a socialism that bailed out the rich alone.”
Hare’s many works include The Vertical Hour, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, The Permanent Way, Amy’s View, Skylight, The Secret Rapture, The Absence of War, Murmuring Judges, Racing Demon, Gethsemane, and the companion pieces Berlin and Wall.
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