I’ve been neglecting this site of late but am straining to catch up now. This is a piece on David Hare’s latest play at the National for Le Monde Diplomatique.

At the start of David Hare’s play on the financial crisis, The Power of Yes, a character called the Author says: “This isn’t a play”. The obvious question then is: so what is it?…

The Power of Yes may not be a play, and perhaps the material would more obviously make for a powerful article. But in the hands of David Hare, a playwright, it is well-marshalled rhetoric. At the end of the day, there’s something surprisingly theatrical about that.