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Zeitfenster (Original title: The Vertical Hour ) is a drama by the British author David Hare .
It premiered in 2006 at the Music Box Theater on Broadway .
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The protagonist Nadia Blye, former war correspondent and now professor of political science at a renowned American university, is torn between bourgeoisie and adventure in crisis areas, between following her own destiny and adapting. Between “political correctness” and uninhibited expression of opinion, she tries to fathom for herself whether the private can be faded out, pushed aside for a greater meaning, or whether the origin of all actions does not lie in the private, personal.
Her boyfriend Philip wants to spend a few days with his father with her. This visit turns out to be very conflictual. In the course of the evening at the theater she encounters various extremes, embodied by a snobbish son of a heavily rich American (Dennis Dutton), her boyfriend (Philip Lucas), who may not be as strong as he looks, his father (Oliver Lucas), who has clear views and holds some secrets, and finally Terry Scholes, who simply trusts her heart and beliefs.
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From a medical point of view, the title refers to the moment between the impact of a bomb and giving up hope of saving life.
Productions
In the US, The Vertical Hour premiered on Broadway with a star cast.
The German-language premiere took place at the Staatstheater Kassel on September 15, 2007.
- Director: Thomas Bockelmann
- Stage design: Daniel Roskamp
- Costume design: Ulrike Obermüller
- Music: Timo Kuhn
- Dramaturgy: Michael Volk
- Assistant director: Florian B. Reiter
- Actors: Jürgen Wink (Oliver Lucas), Agnes Mann (Nadia Blye), Jochen Drechsler (Dennis Dutton), Nico Link (Philip Lucas), Shaheen Wacker (Terri Scholes)
Next, Zeitfenster from the Hamburger Kammerspiele was performed on September 12, 2008.
- Director: Ulrike Maack
- Stage & costume: Lars Peter
- Dramaturgy: Anja del Caro
- Actors: Marcus Bluhm (Philip Lucas), Marion Mitterhammer (Nadia Blye), Dominique Siassia (Terry Scholes), Peter Striebeck (Oliver Lucas), Jacob Weigert (Dennis Dutton)
expenditure
- David Hare: The vertical hour. A play. Faber & Faber, New York 2006, ISBN 978-0-8654-7965-4 .
literature
- Günther Klotz : British playwrights of the present. John Osborne , John Arden , Arnold Wesker , Harold Pinter , Edward Bond , Tom Stoppard , John McGrath , Howard Brenton, David Hare. Henschel, Berlin 1982.