Beat the Devil

On the same day that the UK government finally made the first of two decisive interventions that led to a conspicuously late lockdown, David Hare contracted Covid-19. Nobody seemed to know much about it then, and many doctors are not altogether sure they know much more today. Suffering a pageant of apparently random symptoms, Hare recalls the delirium of his illness, which mixed with fear, dream, honest medicine and dishonest politics to create a monologue of furious urgency and power. Running time: 50 mins.

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  1. On 28th August 2020 at 5:56 a.m., alexpacker noted:

    This production is one of the first major openings of a new play in London during the global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. The Bridge Theatre auditorium has been adapted to allow a socially distanced audience of 250 people per performance. This is following the UK government’s announcement on August 15th 2020 that indoor, socially distant performances can resume in theatres.

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