''Berlin'' is a 2009 play by

David Hare David Hare may refer to: *David Hare (philanthropist) (1775–1842), Scottish philanthropist *David Hare (artist) (1917–1992), American sculptor and photographer *David Hare (playwright) (born 1947), English playwright and theatre and film direc ...

, in the form of a 55-minute monologue on

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

and its

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

. It was first performed in March 2009 at the

Royal National Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...

by the author himself, directed by Stephen Daldry.

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110530050923/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/42719/productions/berlin.html Plays by David Hare 2009 plays Plays for one performer Monodrama History of Berlin Berlin in fiction {{2000s-play-stub