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Via Dolorosa

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  1m

"Must our lives in the West necessarily be shallower than those of people for whom the stakes are so much higher?"

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Docudrama/Historic
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

"Must our lives in the West necessarily be shallower than those of people for whom the stakes are so much higher?" 

British playwright David Hare traveled to Israel and Palestine to confront the disperate ideals of those of the "holy land" Upon his return, Hare penned his conversations with politicians, artists, settlers, and historians about the region and then set them against his own ideals and beliefs similar to those of Western civilization. A tour de force for one man playing several roles in what The new York Times called "no ordinary one-man show."

History

Via Dolorosa premiered in London at The Royal Court Theatre in September 1998 under the direction of Stephen Daldry.

AUTHOR
  • Time Period 1990s
  • Setting Several locations in Palestine and Israel
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS

"Hare’s unique talents and seeming remoteness from the issues at hand are precisely what make this journey of the heart and mind so theatrically invigorating." - Variety, Read More 

"Via Dolorosa has such an astonishing abundance of stories, characters and ideas that, when you leave the theater, you feel as if you had lived through some kind of crazy, continuing epic." - The New York Times, Read More 

Videos

  • David Hare on Via Dolorosa youtube thumbnail

    David Hare on Via Dolorosa

  • David Bryan Jackson on New Rep's Via Dolorosa youtube thumbnail

    David Bryan Jackson on New Rep's Via Dolorosa

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

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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