Monday, May 04, 2009

Know any good plays about the Iraq War?



In the Orange County Register's Arts Blog, Paul Hudgins reckons that David Hare's *Stuff Happens* is the only really high-quality Iraq War play so far, but that plays respond to political events much more quickly than movies and that Bill Cain and Howard Korder uncorked a couple of good new plays at the Pacific Playwrights Festival.
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  1. AnonymousMay 04, 2009 11:31 PM

    What about BLACK WATCH? or BUG? even FROST/NIXON could be said to be the unofficial trial of George W. Bush. Not neccessarily about the American or soldier's experience. But circumstances surrounding the war for sure.

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  2. Kasey RT GrahamMay 06, 2009 10:43 AM

    There's a play called 'Dying City' I saw recently. It was pulitzer prize nominated. The play itself isn't terribly well-written but the subject matter is interesting. (A soldier who's views of the war and himself change dramatically on a 2nd deployment to Iraq.)

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