Synopsis
The Vertical Hour
Published by Faber & Faber
3 Male 2 Female
A brief holiday with her boyfriend brings her into contact with a kind of Englishman whose culture and background is a surprise and a challenge, both to her and to her relationship
For thirty five years, David Hare has written plays which catch the flavour of our times, the interconnection between our secret motives and our public politics
Now, at last, he writes about an American, seeking to illustrate how life has subtly changed for so many people in the West in the new century