{"product_id":"the-vertical-hour-by-david-hare","title":"'The Vertical Hour' by David Hare","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-29\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-29\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a41ee64-ba8c-83ec-af6f-c73473cd84da-29\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-84\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"917ef336-5a66-4bf4-b62e-796a9bc67a1b\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"765\"\u003ePremiering in 2006, \u003cem data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"79\"\u003eThe Vertical Hour\u003c\/em\u003e marks David Hare's direct engagement with the political and moral aftershocks of the Iraq War.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"40\" data-end=\"765\"\u003eThe play follows Nadia Blye, an American academic whose support for military intervention is challenged during a weekend in rural England, where personal relationships gradually become inseparable from questions of ethics, responsibility and power. Hare's gift is to show how geopolitical convictions are never entirely abstract: they emerge from biographies, desires, loyalties and private failures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"767\" data-end=\"1203\"\u003eLike much of Hare's work, the dialogue is lean, intellectually agile and emotionally restrained. Ideas are never reduced to mouthpieces, and the play avoids easy ideological victories, instead allowing conflicting worldviews to coexist in uncomfortable tension. Read today, \u003cem data-start=\"1041\" data-end=\"1060\"\u003eThe Vertical Hour\u003c\/em\u003e remains an incisive portrait of liberal interventionism, transatlantic politics and the limits of moral certainty in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1362\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst American edition (Faber and Faber, 2006). Very good paperback with light shelf wear and clean, tightly bound pages throughout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45760482246739,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/bringdogs_babies_grandparents_60.png?v=1782967235","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-vertical-hour-by-david-hare","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}