Zero: Staging the Drama of the Kyoto Summit

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Staging the Drama of the Kyoto Summit

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Kyoto, now running at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon, tells the story of the 1997 Kyoto Summit as seen through the eyes of Don Pearlman, a notorious fossil fuel lobbyist and chain-smoking lawyer dubbed “the high priest of the Carbon Club” by der Speigel. Actor Stephen Kunken, who plays Pearlman, tells Akshat Rathi why he was drawn to the character, and Natural Resource Defense Council strategist David Doniger considers the legacy of the real-life Pearlman.

Jul 09, 2024