Collected Screenplays

From his early days as a playwright, David Hare has moved deliberately between stage, film and television, over the years building up a repertoire of work, most of which seeks to capture the changing feelings of contemporary life.

About the author

David Hare has written over thirty stage plays and thirty screenplays for ?lm and television. The plays include Plenty, Pravda (with Howard Brenton), The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy's View, The Blue Room, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, The Absence of War, The Judas Kiss, The Red Barn, The Moderate Soprano, I'm Not Running and Beat the Devil. For cinema, he has written The Hours, The Reader, Damage, Denial, Wetherby and The White Crow among others, while his television ?lms include Licking Hitler, the Worricker Trilogy, Collateral and Roadkill. In a millennial poll of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, ?ve of the top hundred were his.

Summary

From his early days as a playwright, David Hare has moved deliberately between stage, film and television, over the years building up a repertoire of work, most of which seeks to capture the changing feelings of contemporary life.

Foreword

The Collected Screenplays of David Hare, including Wetherby, Paris by Night, Strapless, Heading Home and Dreams of Leaving.

Product details

• Authors: David Hare, Hare David
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2002
• EAN: 9780571214518
• ISBN: 978-0-571-21451-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 199 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays, Television scripts & screenplays, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Film scripts and screenplays, Television screenplays, scripts and performances