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The Blue Room

The Reader

3 July 2003 – 19 July 2003

Performance Dates

3 July 2003 – 19 July 2003

July 2003

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Details

Playwright
Based on the novel by Bernard Schlink
Address1st Floor, Arts House, James Street NORTHBRIDGE

‘Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?’

A fifteen-year-old Berlin schoolboy and a tram-conductor in her thirties embark on a sexual relationship which ends with her mysterious disappearance.

‘When I saw Hannah again, she was in a courtroom.’

Desire, power and history collide in this riveting new adaptation which cross-examines the claims of love, shame, justice and responsibility. From the company that brought you cock, the changeling and molly sweeney.

Bookings

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