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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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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Robert Fox → notableWork → The Vertical Hour ⓘ
Roger Berlind → notableWork → The Vertical Hour ⓘ