{"id":39617,"date":"2015-10-14T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T14:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=39617"},"modified":"2015-10-14T10:33:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T14:33:04","slug":"behind-beautiful-forevers-play-david-hare-adapted-book-katherine-boo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/behind-beautiful-forevers-play-david-hare-adapted-book-katherine-boo\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Beautiful Forevers: A Play by David Hare, adapted from the book by Katherine Boo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Behind<\/a>When Pulitzer<\/a>-ed\u00a0MacArthur ‘Genius’<\/a>\u00a0Katherine Boo’s first (and thus\u00a0far only) book<\/a> debuted in January 2012, I predicted<\/a> it would be found alongside\u00a0the nominees\/finalists for all the Very Important Literary Prizes that year \u2013 indeed, among \u00a0many,\u00a0many<\/em> honors, Boo won the 2012 National Book Award for Nonfiction<\/a>. What never even crossed my mind is that it might hit the stage … no less sifted through\u00a0the genius\u00a0of David Hare, one of the world’s greatest living playwrights. Mind you, Hare’s superb\u00a0adaptation is\u00a0not<\/em> a substitute for Boo’s astounding debut\u00a0\u2013 surely it\u00a0will entice you to read the original text if you haven’t already. Think of Hare’s feat\u00a0as a stellar enhancement.<\/p>\n

Debuting in November 2014 at London’s lauded National Theatre, the play has been beamed around the world via NT-Live<\/a> which brings celluloid versions of actual\u00a0stage productions in HD to a movie theater near you. [If you don’t know about NT-Live<\/a>, click here<\/a> now<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 you’ll get the\u00a0very best<\/em> theater (period!) for extremely low cost,\u00a0minimal travel, and virtually no loss in production value]. Talk about accessibility!<\/p>\n

Boo’s (true!)\u00a0narrative about the inhabitants of the “sumpy plug of slum” known as Annawadi, located\u00a0next to the ever-modernizing international Mumbai airport, is an unforgettable accomplishment\u00a0of meticulous research and unblinking honesty. With empathy and humor, heartbreak and hope, Hare\u00a0renders Boo’s\u00a0vast\u00a0reportage into a vibrant two-hours-and-forty-minutes that not only pass too quickly, but will leave you feeling as if you were there amidst the warring Husains and their next-hovel neighbor One Leg, inside the\u00a0home of the slightly advantaged Waghekar\u00a0family, alongside the desperate teenage friendship between\u00a0Manu and Kehkashan. Perhaps most of all, the 12-year-old Sunil \u2013 who starts and ends the play \u2013 with his\u00a0simple, everyday wants \u2013 ketchup packets, chocolate, shoelaces \u2013 will haunt you long after the final bows.<\/p>\n

To illuminate\u00a0your experience even further, thank Stateside publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux<\/a>:\u00a0Their slim, bright script\u00a0arrives this month\u00a0across the Pond for us\u00a0to\u00a0ruminate over, highlight passages, dogear\u00a0pages, quote from, and just appreciate its\u00a0immense power once more.<\/p>\n

Tidbit<\/strong>: For the\u00a0Beautiful<\/em> trailer, click here<\/a>. For more information about the\u00a0National Theatre<\/a>\u00a0production,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2014 (United Kingdom), 2015 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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