Obedience, struggle & revolt : lectures on theatre / David Hare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hare, David, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater.

Theater--Political aspects.

Playwriting.

Physical Description:

245 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Obedience, struggle and revolt

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Faber and Faber, 2005.

Summary:

" Please reject absolutely the crazy . . . suggestion that playwrights don' t have intentions . . . They do." In this intimate collection of writings by the author of "Stuff ""Happens" and "Plenty," David Hare reveals a perspective as meticulously constructed as one of his dramas. In selections ranging from his beginnings as a politically charged upstart in the seventies through to his current position as one of the world' s most respected playwrights, Hare skillfully expands upon the prevailing themes of his astounding body of work. With a serious eye on social issues- tempered by a distinct irreverence- Hare dissects the role of entertainment in contemporary society, mapping, in the process, a dynamic new trajectory for post-millennium theater.

Contents:

1 Obedience, Struggle & Revolt 9

2 I Have a Go, Lady, I Have a Go 33

3 Eulogy for John Osborne 57

4 Why Fabulate? 64

5 A Defence of the New 87

6 The Play Is in the Air 111

7 What Asian Babes? What Nazis? 127

8 The Cordless Phone 139

9 Raymond Williams: 'I Can't Be a Father to Everyone' 145

10 Harold Pinter: Going on Seventy 172

11 Alan Clarke: Banned for Life 178

12 The Separation of Wheel and Track 184

13 The Second Intifada 192

14 Chardonnay on the Potomac 203

15 When Shall We Live? 213.

ISBN:

0571228720

OCLC:

60560135