Ralph Fiennes gasping for air while reciting his own obituary? Pandemic theater at its most uncomfortably intimate.
Drama by David Hare in which Ralph Fiennes stars as the playwright, recounting his experience of contracting Covid-19 on the day lockdown was announced in the UK.
Acting
Fiennes' breathless physicality becomes the entire production design
Writing
Hare's monologue weaponizes his own privilege and panic
Direction
Static camera forces you to witness every ragged inhale
Director
David Hare
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in December 2020 during England's second lockdown, making it one of the first pandemic-era works actually created under pandemic conditions.
Hare wrote the monologue in three days after his recovery; Fiennes learned it in 48 hours for a one-night Bridge Theatre livestream.
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