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[Roses in the Hospital]

Saw this with my Theatre Studies class last month. It's a new play by David Hare and is based around the lead up to the Iraq war. For the most part the script was made up of first hand sources so what was seen on stage was intended to be a fairly accurate portrayal of reality. In terms of the politics of the production it was fairly balanced: George Bush was portrayed as simply an idiot who had very little idea what was happening whilst Colin Powell came across well, as basically a guy who disagreed with what was going on but was forced to go along with it just because it was his job. Tony Blair was treated suprisingly liberaly, as a man doing genuinely what he belived in and trying to play the Americans to get it but failing miserably. The 'villains' were made out to be Condoliza Rice and Dick Chaney, who were portrayed as arrogant, sceming warmongers...
Anyway, it was well stage and acted and added a lot to my understanding of recent events...
Anyone else see it?