The Absence of War review " David Hare on message about political spin
Crucible, SheffieldTime lends prescience to this dissection of Labour's election failure " but its revival delivers a warning to all parties about authenticity in a campaign yearThere is a certain bitter irony to this revival of David Hare's 1993 play about the Labour party opening in Sheffield. It was, after all, a prematurely triumphalist, pre-election rally in this very city that was thought to be a factor in Labo…