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The Designated Mourner is a play written by Wallace Shawn in 1996, which was adapted into a film and was directed by David Hare in 1997. The film, which follows the play's script closely, is based on the original London stage production directed by Hare and has the same cast: Mike Nichols as Jack, Miranda Richardson as Judy, and David de Keyser ...
May 23, 1997 · The Designated Mourner: Directed by David Hare. With Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser. Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father.
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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. He chuckles sometimes at the entire foundation of his idea of himself.
In a dystopian society where intellectuals are executed by the repressive, pseudo-fascist government, Jack (Mike Nichols) has relinquished his culture and curiosity, while his wife, Judy...
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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.
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The Designated Mourner. Jump to. Summaries. Jack and Judy are husband and wife, and Howard is Judys father. They live in some fictional undemocratic and repressive country, and tell us a story about their lives, mostly from Jack's point of view. Synopsis. The story is told in a series of monologues, shifting from one character to the next.
