Skylight (play)

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Skylight
Faber & Faber first edition
Written by	David Hare
Date premiered	1995
Place premiered	Cottesloe Theatre London
Original language	English
Subject	Matters of life, love and circumstance between an older man and a younger woman
Genre	Drama
Setting	Present day flat in Northwest London
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Skylight is a play by British dramatist David Hare. It opened at the Royal National Theatre, Cottesloe, directed by Richard Eyre, in 1995. The production then moved to the Wyndham's Theatre for a short run from 13 February 1996, after winning the Laurence Olivier Award for the 1995 season.

Characters

Tom Sergeant
Kyra Hollis
Edward Sergeant

Plot

East London school teacher Kyra Hollis is visited on the same night by son Edward and father Tom Sargeant. Kyra had been living with the Sargeant family years earlier, but left after her affair with Tom was discovered by Tom's wife, who has since died. Edward now accuses Kyra of having left him as well, as he saw her as a big sister; and he demands to know why she left his life.

Shortly thereafter, Tom, a wealthy restaurateur, with real life references to Terence Conran, appears unheralded and for no apparent reason. Kyra's less than glamorous lifestyle leads him to poke fun at her to the point of insult, accusing her of self-punishment. After Kyra cooks a spaghetti dinner (which the actress actually cooks on stage), the talk turns to their relationship, and it becomes clear that their chances to be rekindled rest on whether one of them can change their preconceived notions of the other.

Awards and nominations

Awards

1996 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
1997 Theatre World Special Award for Ensemble Performance (Michael Gambon, Lia Williams and Christian Camargo)

Nominations

1996 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor (Michael Gambon)
1997 Tony Award for Best Play
1997 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play (Michael Gambon)
1997 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Lia Williams)
1997 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (Richard Eyre)
1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play (Michael Gambon)
1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (Lia Williams)

References

Hare, David (1994). Skylight (First edition ed.). London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 0-571-17612-7.

External links

Skylight at the Internet Broadway Database

Works of David Hare

Stage plays

Drama	Slag Teeth 'n' Smiles Plenty Pravda The Secret Rapture Skylight Amy's View The Judas Kiss My Zinc Bed The Breath of Life The Vertical Hour Gethsemane South Downs

Trilogy	Racing Demon Murmuring Judges The Absence of War

Collaborations / adaptations	Pravda The Blue Room

Monologues	Via Dolorosa Berlin Wall

Verbatim theatre	The Permanent Way Stuff Happens The Power of Yes

TV, film
and radio

Writer

Adaptations of own plays	Plenty (film) The Secret Rapture (film) My Zinc Bed (TV film)

New work	Wetherby (film) Damage (film) The Hours (film) The Corrections (film) Murder in Samarkand (film / radio) The Reader (film)

Writer/director

Licking Hitler (TV)
Strapless (film)
Page Eight (film)

Director

The Designated Mourner (film)
The Year of Magical Thinking (musical play)

v t e Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play (1976–2000)

Dear Daddy (1976) The Fire that Consumes (1977) Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1978) Betrayal (1979) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980) Children of a Lesser God (1981) Another Country (1982) Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) Benefactors (1984) Red Noses (1985) Les liaisons dangereuses (1986) Serious Money (1987) Our Country's Good (1988) Racing Demon (1990) Dancing at Lughnasa (1991) Death and the Maiden (1992) Six Degrees of Separation (1993) Arcadia (1994) Broken Glass (1995) Skylight (1996) Stanley (1997) Closer (1998) The Weir (1999) Goodnight Children Everywhere (2000)

Complete list (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

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