Stuff Happens is a play by David Hare, written in response to the Iraq War. Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English Dramatist and theatre and Film director. Hare describes it as "a history play" that deals with recent history. Traditionally the plays of William Shakespeare have been grouped into three categories tragedies, comedies, and histories.
The title is inspired by Donald Rumsfeld's response to widespread looting in Baghdad:
- "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. Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9 1932 is a United States Businessman, Politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President Baghdad (بغداد) is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous ” (April 11, 2003)
The play presents a mix of viewpoints, including arguments for and against the attack on Iraq, mixing verbatim re-creations of real speeches, meetings and press conferences and fictionalised versions of private meetings between members of the Bush and Blair administrations, and international figures such as Hans Blix and Dominique de Villepin. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Verbatim theatre is a phrase used to describe a type of play that has become increasingly popular in recent years (born 28 June, 1928 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish Diplomat and Politician. Dominique de Villepin (born Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (dɔminik də vilpɛ̃ &mdash) on 14 November 1953 in Rabat, Morocco
An ensemble cast plays over 40 roles during the 3 hour play, although the actors playing the principals -- Bush, Rice, Powell and Blair -- play only one role. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States Colin Luther Powell, KCB (Honorary MSC, (born April 5, 1937) is a retired General in the United States Army. Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to
Stuff Happens opened at the National Theatre in London in September 2004, and has subsequently been performed at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum (with Keith Carradine and Julian Sands) in June 2005 and at Sydney's Seymour Center in July 2005. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Mark Taper Forum is a 739 seat Thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Becket and Associates Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American Academy Award -winning Actor and Songwriter, born into a family Julian R Sands (born January 4, 1958) is a British Actor, most well known for his roles in the Cult film Warlock Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 In March 2006, it opened Off-Broadway at The Public Theater in New York City. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City. The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as The Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming The City of New York The first academic production of the piece was produced at Western Washington University under the direction of Mark Kuntz in November 2007. The Canadian premiere was on March 4th, 2008, at the Berkeley St. Theatre in Toronto[1]. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario
The first non English production, directed by Andrew S Paul, of Pittsburgh, Pa, USA, opened at the Slaski Theatre, Katowice, Poland, on February 23, 2008.
External links
- Stuff Happens – original London production at the Olivier Theatre of the National Theatre (Sept. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. –Dec. 2004)
- Stuff Happens – New York production by The Public Theater (March 28, 2006–June 25, 2006). The City of New York The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as The Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming It's first appearance in educational theatre happened at Western Washington University in November 2007. It was performed by the graduate program at the University of San Diego in April of 2008 as well. It was performed by Boston University's School of Theatre in April 2008 *[1]
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