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The Absence of War
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Faber & Faber paperback edition, 2001
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Written by
| David Hare
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Date premiered
| 1993
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Place premiered
| Royal National Theatre
London, England
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Original language
| English
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Series
| Racing Demon
Murmuring Judges
The Absence of War
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Subject
| a fiction based on factual top-level Labour Party workings
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Genre
| Drama
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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
, London, England.
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The play is based on his behind the scenes observations of the
Labour Party
leadership during their unsuccessful General Election campaign of
1992
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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.
References
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Michael Billington (23 April 2003).
"Modern Classics"
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The Guardian
. Retrieved
5 October
2008
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