The Cambridge Companion to David Hare

doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521850544

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. Uniquely, the volume also includes a chapter on Hare's work as journalist and public speaker; a personal memoir by Tony Bicât, co-founder with Hare of the enormously influential Portable Theatre; and an interview with Hare himself in which he offers a personal retrospective of his career as a film maker which is his fullest and clearest account of that work to date.

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Frontmatter
pp i-xx
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Introduction
pp 1-12
- By Richard Boon
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Part I - Text and context
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1 - Portable Theatre: ‘fine detail, rough theatre’
pp 15-30
A personal memoir
- By Richard Bicât
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2 - Keeping turning up
pp 31-48
Hare’s early career
- By Richard Boon
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3 - In opposition
pp 49-63
Hare’s response to Thatcherism
- By Lib Taylor
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4 - Hare’s trilogy at the National
pp 64-78
Private moralities and the common good
- By Les Wade
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5 - Hare’s ‘stage poetry’, 1995-2002
pp 79-91
- By Duncan Wu
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6 - ‘Stopping for lunch’
pp 92-106
The political theatre of David Hare
- By Peter Ansorge
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Part II - Working with Hare
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7 - Hare in collaboration
pp 109-122
Writing dialogues
- By Cathy Turner
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8 - Acting Hare
pp 123-137
The Permanent Way
- By Bella Merlin
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9 - Directing Hare
pp 138-150
- By Richard Eyre
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Part III - Hare on screen
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10 - ‘Being taken no notice of in ten million homes’
pp 153-168
David Hare’s adventures in television
- By John Bull
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11 - Hare on film
pp 169-180
An interview
- By Richard Boon
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Part IV - Overviews of Hare
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12 - ‘To ask how things might have been otherwise . . .’
pp 183-199
History and memory in the work of David Hare
- By Steve Nicholson
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13 - Performing histories
pp 200-219
Plenty and A Map of the World
- By Janelle Reinelt
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14 - ‘Marbled with doubt’
pp 220-235
Satire, reality and the alpha male in the plays of David Hare
- By Michael Mangan
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15 - ‘Theatre and anti-theatre’
pp 236-249
David Hare and public speaking
- By Chris Megson, Dan Rebellato
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Selected Bibliography
pp 250-259
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Index
pp 260-262
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-xx

Introduction
pp 1-12

Part I - Text and context

1 - Portable Theatre: ‘fine detail, rough theatre’
pp 15-30

2 - Keeping turning up
pp 31-48

3 - In opposition
pp 49-63

4 - Hare’s trilogy at the National
pp 64-78

5 - Hare’s ‘stage poetry’, 1995-2002
pp 79-91

6 - ‘Stopping for lunch’
pp 92-106

Part II - Working with Hare

7 - Hare in collaboration
pp 109-122

8 - Acting Hare
pp 123-137

9 - Directing Hare
pp 138-150

Part III - Hare on screen

10 - ‘Being taken no notice of in ten million homes’
pp 153-168

11 - Hare on film
pp 169-180

Part IV - Overviews of Hare

12 - ‘To ask how things might have been otherwise . . .’
pp 183-199

13 - Performing histories
pp 200-219

14 - ‘Marbled with doubt’
pp 220-235

15 - ‘Theatre and anti-theatre’
pp 236-249

Selected Bibliography
pp 250-259

Index
pp 260-262

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