{"product_id":"9780571234066-stuff-happens","title":"Stuff Happens","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStuff Happens premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2004 and has subsequently been performed around the world. This play is about the extraordinary process leading up to the invasion of Iraq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuff happens. And it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe famous response of American Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to the looting of Baghdad at a press conference in 2003 provides the title for David Hare's play about the extraordinary process leading up to the invasion of Iraq.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuff Happens\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the National Theatre, London, in 2004 and has subsequently been performed around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Stuff Happens \u003c\/i\u003emay make you openly boo, hiss, cheer or even cry, but it will also remind you why this 2,500 year-old art form remains the best way for human beings to collectively experience and contemplate the effects of war.' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A totally compelling play that ruthlessly exposes the dubious premises on which the Iraq war was fought. One comes out enriched, informed and moved by Hare's ability to turn recent politics into historical drama.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450550202742,"sku":"9780571234066","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27518330.jpg?v=1760453393","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571234066-stuff-happens","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}