The Vertical Hour

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The Vertical Hour is a play by David Hare that explores the personal and political aftermath of the Iraq War through the relationship between an American war correspondent–turned–academic and a British doctor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play
actCount 2
author David Hare
character Nadia Blye
Oliver Lucas
Philip
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception mixed to positive reviews
directorOfOriginalProduction Sam Mendes
firstUKProductionVenue Royal Court Theatre
genre drama
hasDialogueForm debate-driven dialogue
hasOriginalBroadwayOpeningYear 2006
hasOriginalBroadwayTheatre Music Box Theatre
hasPlaywright David Hare
hasPublication Faber and Faber edition
language English
leadActorInOriginalProduction Bill Nighy
Julianne Moore
medium theatre
notableTopic academic life
journalistic ethics
justification of the Iraq invasion
originalProductionType Broadway production
playwrightNationality British
premiereCity New York City
premiereCountry United States
premiereDate 2006-11-30
premiereLocation Music Box Theatre
producerOfOriginalProduction Scott Rudin
setting rural Shropshire, England
subject Iraq War
personal relationships
politics
war correspondence
theme clash of American and British perspectives
impact of war on private life
interventionism
moral responsibility
timeOfAction early 21st century
timePeriodDepicted post-2003 Iraq War era

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