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Nov 7, 1997 · “The Designated Mourner” is about a society that does not like readers, and most of its words are spoken by a survivor who stands a little outside and looks wryly at what happened to the members of his circle.
Jul 21, 2013 · The Designated Mourner: Theater Review. Wallace Shawn stars in a revival of his landmark 1996 play about a bourgeois society of intellectuals who fall victim to a totalitarian regime.
65% Tomatometer 17 Reviews. 73% Audience Score 50+ Ratings. In a dystopian society where intellectuals are executed by the repressive, pseudo-fascist government, Jack (Mike Nichols) has ...
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Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly. TOP CRITIC. Full Review | Original Score: D | Sep 7, 2011. Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault. Has a way of hiding...
Jul 22, 2013 · Recent articles about “The Designated Mourner” have emphasized its increased relevance in an age of secretive public monitoring of private lives. But topicality comes cheap in art.
'The Designated Mourner', a play by Wallace Shawn, is above all else an exercise in writing. Three people (in this adaptation by David Hare, sat statically throughout in one of two locations, one of which appears to be a television news desk, the other a table in a small café), discuss their relationship.
Mar 24, 1997 · Headlined by a powerful performance from Mike Nichols (in his onscreen debut) and pointillist playing by Miranda Richardson, David Hare’s pic version of “The Designated Mourner” brings the ...
