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David Hare's latest political drama is, in his own words, "a history play which happens to center on recent history; " the play outlines the political events of the last two years which led up to the war in Iraq and its aftermath. The main characters are the real life members of the Bush administration in the USA and Tony Blair's Labor government in the UK. Hare presents a satirical and highly critical view of their actions, motivations and words and, as the majority of their lines are in their own words, it could be argued that the political figures in the play indict themselves by what they say - as Scott Ritter, a former weapons inspector, has commented on seeing the play.