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Harold Pinter Theatre · London

Premiered 1981 at Donmar Warehouse

German professor John Halder thinks of himself as decent, but a gathering political movement steadily draws him towards choices he cannot dismiss.

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The story

John Halder is an intelligent, music-loving German professor trying to remain a good man as the world moves towards war. He finds himself carried along by a political movement whose demands grow harder to separate from his ordinary life, forcing the idea of personal decency up against the consequences of compliance.

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A historical drama built around gradual moral compromise, following how an educated ordinary man can be absorbed into a movement heading towards catastrophe.

Good fit if you like

political history, moral compromise, intimate character studies and stories about personal responsibility.

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From 5 Oct 2022

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