Stuff Happens

HARE, David

ISBN 10: 057122606X / ISBN 13: 9780571226061

Published by Faber and Faber, 2004

About this Item

120 p. 20 cm. Paperback. Signed by author on title page.

Seller Inventory # 131759

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stuff Happens
• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 057122606X
• ISBN 13: 9780571226061
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theatre

About this title

Synopsis

"Stuff happens . . . And it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things."

Such was Donald Rumsfeld's response on April 11, 2003, following the infamous looting and pillaging of Baghdad. In David Hare's powerful new play chronicling the extraordinary process leading to the American invasion of Iraq, this statement provides entrée into the melee of diplomacy, political power, and terrorist vendetta still making headlines around the world. Using direct quotes meticulously culled from interviews and public appearances, combined with the playwright's nuanced reimagining of what went on behind closed doors, Hare has fashioned a historical narrative and human drama that presents the Iraqi conflict in all of its
haphazard notoriety. Stuff Happens uses a uniquely evenhanded approach to a deeply contested invasion--seen from the perspective of international leaders and journalists, as well as Iraqi refugees--and raises a series of provocative questions regarding the most heartfelt and manipulative machinations of domestic and international politik.

About the Author

David Hare is a playwright, screenwriter, and theater and film director. He was won numerous awards and is best known for his screenplays for The Hours (2002) and The Reader (2008) and the plays Plenty (which he adapted into a film starring Meryl Streep in 1985), Racing Demon (1990), Skylight (1997), and Amy's View (1998). He lives in London.