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The Power of Yes

A dramatist seeks to understand the financial crisis


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On 15 September 2008, capitalism came to a grinding halt. As sub-prime mortgages and toxic securities continued to dominate the headlines, this spring the National Theatre asked David Hare to write an urgent and immediate work to be staged this autumn that sought to find out what had happened, and why.

Meeting with many of the key players from the financial world, David Hare has created this play directed by Angus Jackson and designed by Bob Crowley.

It is not so much a play as a jaw-dropping account of how, as the banks went bust, capitalism was replaced by a socialism that bailed out the rich alone.

When
  • In repertory
  • £10-£35
Where

Lyttelton Theatre

National Theatre
South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
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Box office: 020 7452 3000

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