BERLIN/ WALL: HARE'S EYES ON TWO WALLS OF THE WORLD

Günümüzde tiyatro izleyicisi, oyun yazarlarının siyasal anlatılarına şiddetli istek duyar. Medya dünya çapındagüvenirliğini yitirdikçe, tiyatro takipçileri, televizyon bültenlerini izlemektense daha çok siyasal oyunlarizlemeyi tercih etmektedir. Dünya siyasal tiyatrosunun önder seslerinden biri olarak David Hare, tiyatroizleyicisin beklentilerini ve siyasal tiyatronun sorumluluklarını bilir. Oyunlarında birçok ulusal ve uluslararasısiyasal kararın toplumların ve bireylerin üzerindeki sonuçlarını ele alır. İngiliz oyun yazarı, iki ayrı monologtürde okuma olan Berlin/Wallda, kendi deneysel gözlemleri ve mülakatları yoluyla dünya siyasetinin diktiğiiki duvarın ardından farklı toplumların sıradan insanlarının yeni yaşam koşullarını yansıtır. Bu çalışma, ikiduvarın bıraktığı izler arasında David Harein özellikle Almanyanın, İsrailin ve Filistinin bugünü ve geleceğiile ilgili olarak toplumsal görüşlerini ve siyasal anlatılarını inceler.

BERLIN/ WALL: HARE İN GÖZÜ DÜNYANIN İKİ DUVARI ÜZERİNDE

The theatre audience currently has a thirst for hearing the political narratives of the playwrights. As mediahas lost its reliability all over the world, the fans of theatre have preferred watching more political playsthan TV bulletins today. As one of the leading voices of the political theatre of the world, David Hare knowswhat expectations the audience has and what responsibilities political drama has. He handles the resultsof a lot of national and international political decisions over societies and individuals in his plays. In Berlin/ Wall, which are two separate monologue readings, the British playwright portrays new life conditionsof ordinary people of different communities via his own empirical observations and interviews after thetwo walls which were erected by world politics. This work primarily examines the sociological views andpolitical narratives of David Hare about the present and future of Germany, Israel and Palestine among thetraces of two walls.

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