David Hare (dramatist)

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Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director.

Hare was born in Sussex and was educated at Lancing College and at Jesus College, Cambridge. His first play, Slag, was produced in 1970. In 1973, he was appointed resident dramatist to the Nottingham Playhouse, a major provincial theatre. In 1975, he helped found the Joint Stock Theatre Company.

He was knighted in 1998. He is married to the Algerian fashion designer Nicole Farhi.

Contents 1 Plays 2 Television and film scripts 3 Directing credits 4 Books 5 Awards 6 External links

[edit] Plays

• Slag (1970)
• The Great Exhibition (1972)
• Brassneck (1973) (with Howard Brenton)
• Knuckle (1974)
• Fanshen (1975)
• Knuckle (1975)
• Plenty (1978)
• A Map of the World (1982)
• Pravda (1985) (with Howard Brenton)
• The Bay at Nice, and Wrecked Eggs (1986)
• The Secret Rapture (1988)
• Racing Demon (1990)
• Murmuring Judges (1991)
• The Absence of War (1993)
• Skylight (1995)
• Amy's View (1997)
• The Blue Room (1998) (adapted from Arthur Schnitzler)
• The Judas Kiss (1998)
• Via Dolorosa (1998)
• My Zinc Bed (2000)
• The Breath of Life (2002)
• The Permanent Way (2004)
• Stuff Happens (2004)
• The Vertical Hour (2006)

[edit] Television and film scripts

• Licking Hitler (1978)
• Dreams of Leaving (1980)
• Plenty (1985) based on his play
• Strapless (1989)
• The Hours (2002) based on the novel by Michael Cunningham
• The Corrections (2007) based on the novel by Jonathan Franzen
• Murder in Samarkand (2008) based on the memoir by Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan

[edit] Directing credits

• Licking Hitler for BBC1's Play for Today (1978) (TV film)
  • Dreams of Leaving for BBC1's Play for Today (1980)
• Wetherby (1985)
• Paris by Night (1988)
• Strapless (1989)
  • Paris, May 1919 (1993) (TV episode)
• The Designated Mourner, written by Wallace Shawn (1989)
• Heading Home (1991) (TV film)

[edit] Books

• Acting Up (A diary on his experiences of acting in his own play, the one-man-show on the topic of Israel/Palestine, Via Dolorosa.)
• Obedience, Struggle and Revolt (Faber and Faber, 2005)
• About Hare by Richard Boon (Faber and Faber, 2006)

[edit] Awards

• Evening Standard Award for best play of 1985, for Pravda,

[edit] External links

• David Hare at the Internet Movie Database
• David Hare (dramatist) at www.contemporarywriters.com
• David Hare on the Faber and Faber website - UK publisher of many of David Hare's plays and books on theatre
• Family tree