The Reporter
Cottesloe, National Theatre, London from 21 February 2007
I can’t bear it any more, though I don’t know
what ‘it’ is.
A brilliant man kills himself mid-career, leaving behind
a cryptic suicide note.
Based on the remarkable life of the star BBC correspondent James Mossman
during his last years, 1963 to 1971, The Reporter searches for the truth
behind his bewildering suicide. What lies beneath the surface? Or is the
surface ultimately all there is? An enthralling detective story by Nicholas
Wright, whose recent work at the National includes Vincent in Brixton (also
directed by Richard Eyre), and his adaptations of His Dark Materials and
Thérèse Raquin.
The ‘it’ is cradled inside a pair of inverted
commas, as though to protect it against inquiry. But a reporter must inquire.
It’s what
we do. What is ‘it’? How could a man in whose death ‘it’ played
such an intimate part, not know?
A new play by Nicholas Wright
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