David Hare
Mother Necessity was the midwife that gave birth to David Hare's playwriting talents. The co-founder of a traveling theater company, the troupe found themselves without the play a playwright had promised and only four days left before showtime.
Hare wrote a short satire that filled the bill and whetted his appetite for writing. His next play, a full-length piece called Slag, earned him recognition as most promising new playwright from England's Evening Standard.
Hare was born in Sussex, England in 1947 and eventually earned a master's degree in English from Cambridge. After graduation, he worked for the Royal Court Theatre in London, Nottingham Playhouse, and the National Theatre. He founded two companies, the traveling troupe, Portable Theater and the Joint Stock Theatre Company.
Many of his plays are political or target institutions, though he has also written plays dealing with relationships and historical events.
In 1998 he was knighted and is a fellow of England's Royal Society of Literature.
In addition to writing plays for the stage, Hare also writes for the silver screen. He wrote the screenplay for Jonathan Franzen's Corrections as well as such works as Paris by Night, Strapless, and Wetherby.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Slag |
Heading Home |
The Great Exhibition |
Murmuring Judges |
Brassneck |
Writing Left-handed |
Knuckle |
The Absence of War |
Fanshen |
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Teeth n Smiles |
Amy's View |
Licking Hitler |
Ivanov |
Plenty |
The Blue Room |
Dreams of Leaving |
The Judas Kiss |
A Map of the World |
Via Dolorosa |
Saigon: Year of the Cat |
Acting Up: A Diary |
Pravda: A Fleet Street Comedy |
My Zinc Bed |
Wetherby |
Platonov/Chekhov |
The Bay at Nice/Wrecked Eggs |
The Breath of Life |
Paris by Night |
The Permanent Way |
The Secret Rapture |
Obedience, Struggle, and Revolt |
Strapless |
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Racing Demon |
