''The Absence of War'' is a play by English playwright
David Hare, the final installment of his trilogy about contemporary Britain. The play premiered in 1993 at the
Royal National Theatre
The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...
, London, England.
The play is based on his behind the scenes observations of the
Labour Party leadership during their unsuccessful General Election campaign of
1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...
.
The central character, party leader George Jones, is so smothered and constricted by his cautious advisers that eventually none of the great talents that brought him to prominence are visible to the public.
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1993 plays
Plays by David Hare
West End plays
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