Professor David Peimer
Kubrick’s Satirical Masterpiece: Dr Strangelove
Summary
Dr Strangelove is one of the great movies of all time. It is more than a political satire or an artist’s view of the Cold War and the bomb. It speaks to our history and current fears about unpredictable political leadership and where it can lead us in our uncertain times. And it is done with the brilliant comedy of Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers and others.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a professor of theatre and performance studies in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and New York University (Global Division), and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing. He has written eleven plays and directed forty in places like South Africa, New York, Brussels, London, Berlin, Zulu Kingdom, Athens, and more. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa (2009) and the interactive digital book Theatre in the Camps (2012). He is on the board of the Pinter Centre in London.