The Permanent Way
The Permanent Way is a play by David Hare first performed in 2003.
In 1991 the British government decided to privatise the country's railways. David Hare recounts the development through the first-hand accounts of those most intimately involved. From passengers to government ministers, their voices bear witness to a narrative of national mismanagement.
Inspired by
Why aren't people angry? They were robbed. What belonged to them was taken from them by a bunch of bankers and incompetent politicians. What was theirs was given away. What was foredoomed to fail failed. And they aren't angry.
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Incidents covered in the play include the passing of the Railways Act 1993 setting out the structure of rail privatization and the survival and bereavement stories resulting from the rail crashes of Southall, Ladbroke Grove, Hatfield, and Potters Bar. One character is author Nina Bawden, who was badly injured in the Potters Bar crash in which her husband Austen Kark was killed.
The play first opened in
In September 2019 a "site specific" production, directed by
References
- ^ a b Ascherson, Neal (9 November 2003). "Whose line is it anyway?". The Observer. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ "Previous Awards". Theatre Management Association. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
- ^ Staff Writers. "The Drama Award". Sony Radio Academy Awards. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ Billington, Michael (20 September 2019). "The Permanent Way review – if only Hare's study of railway chaos had dated". The Guardian. p. 23. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
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See also
- The Navigators (2001) - a Ken Loach film with the same theme