Covid-19 seems to be a sort of dirty bomb, thrown into the body to cause havoc. On the same day that the UK government finally made the first of two decisive interventions that led to a conspicuously late lockdown, David Hare contracted Covid-19. Nobody seemed to know much about it then, and many doctors are not altogether sure they know much more today. Suffering a pageant of apparently random symptoms, Hare recalls the delirium of his illness, which mixed with fear, dream, honest medicine and dishonest politics to create a monologue of furious urgency and power.T367275535Director Nicholas Hytner. Design Bunny Christie. Lighting Jon Clark. Sound Gareth Fry. Music George Fenton. Other Sophie Johnston (researcher). Performer Ralph Fiennes. | |
| 11 Jul 20 to 7 Nov 20 | Bridge Theatre, Inner London :: V01649084045 listing details L1180957548 |
