New London Play Puts Tony Blair on Trial

[BuyingThyme]

New London Play Puts Tony Blair on Trial


Apr 23, 7:39 PM EDT
By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press Writer

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A new play that opened Monday asks whether Britain's prime minister should be put on trial for the invasion of Iraq.

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Since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Blair has been lampooned as U.S. President George W. Bush's poodle in countless editorial cartoons, skewered in the TV farce "The Trial of Tony Blair" and excoriated in plays such as David Hare's Iraq drama "Stuff Happens." Even George Michael had a dig at Blair and Bush in the video "Shoot the Dog."

Now comes "Called to Account," the latest in a series of fact-based plays staged by London's Tricycle Theatre, a small venue with a big reputation for hard-hitting drama.

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And the verdict? After the attorneys have made their closing speeches, audience members are left to make up their own minds.

http://www.columbian.com/entertainment/entertainmentNews/AP04232007news130987.cfm

[shadowknows69]

1. "The play's the thing

to catch the conscience of the king", or something like that. All apologies to The Bard.