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“[VIA DOLOROSA]'s pushing Broadway as far as it can be pushed. I stand before you as a reporter, and you have to decide whether I'm an honest reporter or not. And if you're convinced that I am honest, then I think that you will listen to me in a way that you wouldn't have listened to a fiction where scenes are made. . . . I've thought quite long and hard about what I want to say in this play. And if it means that every single sentiment that I produce is put minutely under an ideological microscope, that's fine.”

Quote by David Hare

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David Hare is a British playwright born on June 5, 1947. His works are known for their deep social insight and critical thinking on contemporary issues. Hare's plays cover a range of topics from politics, society to morality, and have achieved great success in theaters in London and New York. more

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