Wall (play)

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Wall is a 2009 play by David Hare, in the form of a monologue. It was first performed in March 2009 at the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre by the author himself, [1] directed by Stephen Daldry. [2] Its topic is the Israeli Security Barriers in the West Bank and Gaza [3] and it is intended by Hare as a companion piece to his monologue Berlin and its passages on the Berlin Wall. Both monologues were later performed together as Berlin/Wall at The Public Theater, Broadway in May 2009. [2]

Hare read the monologue on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009. [4] [5]

The monologue was adapted into Wall , an animated documentary by director Cam Christiansen, which premiered in 2017. [6] [7]

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