The Cambridge companion to David Hare / edited by Richard Boon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boon, Richard.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge companions to authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hare, David, 1947---Criticism and interpretation.

Hare, David.

Hare, David, 1947-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xix, 262 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

David Hare

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

David Hare is one of the most important playwrights to have emerged in the UK in the last forty years. This volume examines his stage plays, television plays and cinematic films, and is the first book of its kind to offer such comprehensive and up-to-date critical treatment. Contributions from leading academics in the study of modern British theatre sit alongside those from practitioners who have worked closely with Hare throughout his career, including former Director of the National Theatre Sir Richard Eyre.

Contents:

Part I Text and Context

1 Portable Theatre: 'fine detail, rough theatre'. A personal memoir / Tony Bicat 15

2 Keeping turning up: Hare's early career / Richard Boon 31

3 In opposition: Hare's response to Thatcherism / Lib Taylor 49

4 Hare's trilogy at the National: private moralities and the common good / Les Wade 64

5 Hare's 'stage poetry', 1995-2002 / Duncan Wu 79

6 'Stopping for lunch': the political theatre of David Hare / Peter Ansorge 92

Part II Working with Hare

7 Hare in collaboration: writing dialogues / Cathy Turner 109

8 Acting Hare: The Permanent Way / Bella Merlin 123

9 Directing Hare / Richard Eyre 138

Part III Hare on Screen

10 'Being taken no notice of in ten million homes': David Hare's adventures in television / John Bull 153

11 Hare on film: an interview / Richard Boon 169

Part IV Overviews of Hare

12 'To ask how things might have been otherwise...': history and memory in the work of David Hare / Steve Nicholson 183

13 Performing histories: Plenty and A Map of the World / Janelle Reinelt 200

14 'Marbled with doubt': satire, reality and the alpha male in the plays of David Hare / Michael Mangan 220

15 'Theatre and anti-theatre': David Hare and public speaking / Chris Megson, Dan Rebellato 236.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-259) and index.

ISBN:

9780521850544

0521850541

9780521615570

0521615577

OCLC:

166382265