Hampstead theatre, LondonThis adaptation shows the nightmarish conflicts faced by Stewart as a provincial governor in Iraq but fails to connect with the bigger political pictureThere have been plays, such as David Hare's Stuff Happens, that examined the causes of western intervention in Iraq. Stephen Brown's adaptation of Rory Stewart's 2006 memoir of his time as a provincial governor in post-Saddam Iraq is one of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AM on May 9, 2017