London's National Theatre to Premiere David Hare's THE POWER OF YES, 9/29

The National Theatre will debut David Hare's highly anticipated THE POWER OF YES: A Dramatist Seeks to Understand the Financial Crisis at the Lyttelton Theater on Tuesday, 9/29, followed by an October 6 opening.

The production is directed by Angus Jackson and designed by Bob Crowley. The piece is an in depth investigation of the 2008 global financial collapse generated by Wall Street. When toxic sub-prime mortgages initiated the house of falling cards (beginning with the collapse of Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers), The National Theatre immediately approached Hare to construct a comprehensive piece investigating how it all happened, and why.

And THE POWER OF YES is reportedly just that, in addition to a sweeping look into the overnight transformation from a global economy dominated by genuine capitalism to one flirting with socialism. Yet, the production is not biased.  Michael Riedel quotes Hare in his column today, "It would have been a complete waste of time to write a polemic against bankers...I met some incredibly clever and thoughtful people, who really do think this is a major crisis. I also met some people who say the government helped us, now let's go back to making money."  To read Riedel's column, click here.

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David Hare has written 14 original plays for The National Theatre, including Gethsemane, Stuff Happens, The Permanent Way (a co-production with Out of Joint), Amy's View, Skylight, The Secret Rapture (also directed), The Absence of War, Murmuring Judges, Racing Demon, Pravda (written with Howard Brenton) and Plenty (also directed). He recently performed his companion pieces Berlin and Wall - meditations on Germany's restored capital and the Israel/Palestine separation barrier - at the National and Royal Court respectively, before they premiered in New York.  Additional writing credits include: The Blue Room, Plenty, The Verticle Hour, Via Delorosa, The Judas Kiss, The Knife (also directed).  He additionally directed The Year of Magical Thinking on Broadway.