David Hare: Plays 1
by David Hare

Name: David Hare: Plays 1
Brand: David Hare
SKU: 9780571177417
Rating: 3.75 (37 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

British

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the opportunity to explore David Hare's early works, noting his growth as a writer. They find the first plays to be experimental and entertaining, despite some being messier than others. The collection provides valuable insights into Hare's development and showcases his gift for storytelling.

Insightful look into early worksExperimental and entertaining playsSome plays feel messy or thin

Synopsis

This first volume of David Hare's plays contains his work from the 1970s, including his landmark play of that decade, Plenty, charting the development of 'one of the great post-war British playwrights' (Independent on Sunday).

The volume also includes the plays Slag, Teeth 'n' Smiles, Knuckle and Licking Hitler, and is introduced by the author.

Press Reviews

"A tour de force of marked originality."
— London Times

"Stunning dialogue, assured wit and theatrical virtuosity...Revels in blunt, vulgar, uninhibited, sometimes even poetic, lines that keep this curious play always alive and throbbing."
— London Evening Standard