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A Map of the World

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 7m

"[ A Map of the World] is an ambitious work which brings together in heated discussion a young left wing journalist and a right wing expatriate Indian novelist. The settings are a Bombay hotel where they are attending a world poverty conferenceā€¦

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This play by the author of Plenty "is an ambitious work which brings together in heated discussion a young left wing journalist and a right wing expatriate Indian novelist. The settings are a Bombay hotel where they are attending a world poverty conference and the British film studio where the Indian author's experiences are being turned into a film. Throughout the play, life and fiction overlap. One of the issues is the sexual jealousy that arises over the men's competition for the favors of a promiscuous American actress staying at the hotel. Also on the agenda: idealism vs. cynicism; the West's arrogance in its handling of Third World problems; the alleged evils of Zionism; and the journalist's fervent belief in the necessity for change." - London Sunday Express

"Provocative, humane and infinitely beautiful... arguably the best thing Hare has done." - New York Post

"Extraordinarily clever, original and provocative" - New York Times

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"[A Map of the World] is an ambitious work which brings together in heated discussion a young left wing journalist and a right wing expatriate Indian novelist. The settings are a Bombay hotel where they are attending a world poverty conference and the British film studio where the Indian author's experiences are being turned into a film. Throughout the play, life and fiction overlap. One of the issues is the sexual jealousy that arises over the men's competition for the favors of a promiscuous American actress staying at the hotel. Also on the agenda: idealism vs. cynicism; the West's arrogance in its handling of Third World problems; the alleged evils of Zionism; and the journalist's fervent belief in the necessity for change." - London Sunday Express

"Provocative, humane and infinitely beautiful... arguably the best thing Hare has done." - New York Post

"Extraordinarily clever, original and provocative" - New York Times

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David Hare

David Hare has been called "one of the great post-war British playwrights." Along with co-founding Portable Theatre Company and Joint Stock Theatre Group, he served as Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court Theatre in London and Resident Dramatist at the Nottingham Playhouse. ...
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