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Sir David Hare is an English playwright, screenwriter and
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and film director. Best known for his stage work, Hare has also enjoyed great success with films, receiving two
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nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing ''The Hours'''' ''in 2002, based on the novel written by
Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel '' The Hours'', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Cunningham is a senior lectur ...
, and ''The Reader'''' ''in 2008, based on the novel of the same name written by
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. In the West End, he had his greatest success with the plays'' Plenty'' (1978), which he adapted into a 1985 film starring
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, ''Racing Demon'' (1990), ''Skylight'' (1997), and ''
Amy's View ''Amy's View'' is a play written by British playwright David Hare. It premiered in London at the Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre on 13 June 1997, directed by Richard Eyre and starring Judi Dench, Ronald Pickup and Samantha Bond ...
'' (1998). The four plays ran on
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in 1982–83, 1996, 1998 and 1999 respectively, earning Hare three
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nominations for Best Play for the first three and two Laurence Olivier Awards for Best New Play. Other notable projects on stage include ''A Map of the World'', ''
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'' (starring
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at the National Theatre in London), ''
Murmuring Judges ''Murmuring Judges'', first performed in 1991, is a scathing attack on the British legal system, and the second of a trilogy of plays by David Hare examining Great Britain's most hallowed institutions. The first play in the trilogy, '' Racing Dem ...
'', '' The Absence of War'', ''
The Vertical Hour ''The Vertical Hour'' is a play by David Hare (dramatist), David Hare. The play addresses the relationship of characters with opposing views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and also explores psychological tension between public lives and private liv ...
'', and his latest play '' Straight Line Crazy'' starring
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. He wrote screenplays for films including the
Stephen Daldry Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Olivier Awards for his work in the West End and three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway. He has received thr ...
dramas '' The Hours'' (2002) and ''
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'' (2008) and
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'' (2011) and
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'' (2018). In addition to his two Academy Award nominations, Hare has received three Golden Globe Award nominations, three Tony Award nominations and has won a
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, a
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and two Laurence Olivier Awards. He has also been awarded several critics' awards such as the
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and received the
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in 1985.


Early life

David Hare was born and raised – first in a flat, then in a semi-detached house – in St Leonards-on-Sea,
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, Sussex, the son of Agnes Cockburn (née Gilmour) and Clifford Theodore Rippon Hare, a passenger ship's
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in the Merchant Navy. The Hare family claimed descent from the Earls of Bristol. Hare was educated at
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, an independent school in Sussex, and at
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(MA (Cantab.), English Literature). While at Cambridge he was the Hiring Manager on the
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Committee in 1968.


Career


Early work

Hare worked with the
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from 1968 to 1971. His first play, '' Slag'', was produced in 1970, the same year in which he married his first wife, Margaret Matheson; the couple had three children and divorced in 1980. He was Resident Dramatist at the
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, London, from 1970 to 1971, and in 1973 became resident dramatist at the Nottingham Playhouse. He co-founded the
Joint Stock Theatre Company The Joint Stock Theatre Company was founded in London 1974 by David Hare, Max Stafford-Clark Paul Kember and David Aukin. The director William Gaskill was also part of the company. It was primarily a company which presented new plays. Joint Stock ...
with
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and
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in 1975. Hare's play '' Plenty'' was produced at the National Theatre in 1978. Aside from films he has also written teleplays such as, for the BBC, ''
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'' (1978), and, for Thames Television, '' Saigon: Year of the Cat'' (1983).


1980s

Hare founded a film company called Greenpoint Films in 1982, and has written screenplays such as ''Plenty'', ''Wetherby'', ''Strapless'', and ''Paris by Night''. In 1983 his play ''A Map of the World'' in 1983 was produced at the Royal National Theatre. The production starred
Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Nighy started his career with the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool and made his London debut with the Royal National Theatre starting with '' The Illuminatus!'' in 1977. There he ...
,
Diana Quick Diana Marilyn Quick (born 23 November 1946) is an English actress. Early life and family background Quick was born on 23 November 1946 in London, England. She grew up in Dartford, Kent, the third of four children. Her father was Leonard Qui ...
, and
Ronald Hines Ronald Charles Andrew Hines (20 June 1929 – 28 March 2017) was a British television actor. He had a lengthy career, but possibly his most prominent roles were as Henry Corner in three of the four series of ''Not in Front of the Children'', ...
. The play is set at the Unesco conference on poverty held in
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in 1978. It transferred to
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in 1985 starring
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,
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, and Zeljko Ivanek. In a mixed review ''
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'' theatre critic
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wrote, "The play is in part about conflicting points of view - about how reactionaries and leftists look at geopolitics, how journalists and novelists look at events and how the West and the Third World look at each other." In 1985, Hare wrote ''
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'' with Howard Brenton, its title refers to the Russian Communist party newspaper ''
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''. The play, a satire on the mid-1980s newspaper industry, in particular the Australian media and press baron
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, stars
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in a role which earned him the Laurence Olivier Award. Hare became the Associate Director of the National Theatre in 1984, and has since seen many of his plays produced, such as his trilogy of plays about major British institutions '' Racing Demon'', ''
Murmuring Judges ''Murmuring Judges'', first performed in 1991, is a scathing attack on the British legal system, and the second of a trilogy of plays by David Hare examining Great Britain's most hallowed institutions. The first play in the trilogy, '' Racing Dem ...
'', and '' The Absence of War''. He has also directed many other plays aside from his own works, such as ''The Pleasure Principle'' by
Snoo Wilson Andrew James Wilson (2 August 1948 – 3 July 2013), better known as Snoo Wilson, was an English playwright, screenwriter and director. His early plays such as ''Blow-Job'' (1971) were overtly political, often combining harsh social comment wit ...
, ''
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'' by Howard Brenton, and ''
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'' by
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for the National Theatre. He is also the author of a collection of lectures on the arts and politics called ''Obedience, Struggle, and Revolt'' (2005).


1990s

In 1990, Hare wrote '' Racing Demon'', part of a trio of plays about British institutions, it focuses on the
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, and tackles issues such as gay ordination, and the role of evangelism in inner-city communities. The play debuted at the National Theatre and received the
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. The play transferred to the
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stage at the
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in 1995. The production starred
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,
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, and
Kathleen Chalfant Kathleen Ann Chalfant (née Bishop; born January 14, 1945) is an American actress. She has appeared in many stage plays, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, as well as making guest appearances on television series, including the '' Law & Order'' ...
. The play was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Play The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award given to the best new (non-musical) play on Broadway, as determined by Tony Award voters. There was no award in the Tonys' first yea ...
. In 1996, Hare wrote '' Skylight'', a play about a woman who receives an unexpected visit from her former lover whose wife has recently died. Michael Gambon and
Lia Williams Lia Williams (born 26 November 1964) is an English actress and director, known for stage, film, and television appearances. She is noted for her role as Wallis Simpson in ''The Crown''. Theatre career Williams's breakthrough performance came ...
starred in the original production which received the
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 ...
. The following year it transferred to the Broadway stage where it was nominated for the
Tony Award for Best Play The Tony Award for Best Play (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award given to the best new (non-musical) play on Broadway, as determined by Tony Award voters. There was no award in the Tonys' first yea ...
. Hare wrote ''
Amy's View ''Amy's View'' is a play written by British playwright David Hare. It premiered in London at the Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre on 13 June 1997, directed by Richard Eyre and starring Judi Dench, Ronald Pickup and Samantha Bond ...
'' in 1998, a play which deals with an emotional relationship between a mother and her daughter. The original production at the Royal National Theatre starred
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,
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, and
Ronald Pickup Ronald Alfred Pickup (7 June 1940 – 24 February 2021) was an English actor. He was active in television, film, and theatre, beginning with a 1964 appearance in ''Doctor Who''. Theatre critic Michael Billington described him as "a terrific sta ...
. Dench starred in the Broadway transfer earning the
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.


2000s

In 2001, Hare wrote, '' My Zinc Bed'' which premiered at the
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starring
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,
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, and
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. The play was adapted into a television film of the same name in 2008. The play received the
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976 ...
nomination, Hare's eighth Olivier award nomination. The following year Hare wrote the screenplay for '' The Hours'' (2002) adapted from the
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book of the same name. The film starred an ensemble cast including
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,
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, and
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as women from three different time periods struggling against adversity. He received the
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nomination as well as
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, Golden Globe Award nominations. In 2008, he adapted
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's 1995 novel into
Stephen Daldry Stephen David Daldry CBE (born 2 May 1960) is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Olivier Awards for his work in the West End and three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway. He has received thr ...
's film ''
The Reader ''The Reader'' (german: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations ...
'' starring Kate Winslet and
Ralph Fiennes Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( ; born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shak ...
. The film focuses on a romance in the 1950s between a teenaged boy and an older woman who is later discovered to have been a
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guard and is on trial for committing war crimes during the
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. The film was well reviewed and earned Hare his second
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nomination. He also received BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations as well.


2010s

In December 2011, it was announced that his monologue ''
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'' about the
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was being adapted by
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as a live-action/animated documentary by the
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; originally slated for completed in 2014, ''
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'' premiered at the
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in 2017. In November 2012,
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selected Hare as temporary Artist-in-residence in which he met with student playwrights about his experience in varying mediums. His career is examined in the Reputations strand on ''TheatreVoice''. He is particularly well known for incisive commentary on the problems of public institutions.
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once said, sardonically, that the public services are largely managed by the nation's "upper servants". Hare addresses this group, providing an analysis of the workings of the institutions: he is, he has said, interested in the struggle to make procedures work better - right now - not in waiting until some revolution, somehow, sometime, comes about to raze the current system altogether, to replace it with perfection. In 2016, Hare wrote the screenplay for ''
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'' based on
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's ''History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier''. The film starred
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,
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, and
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. The film dramatises the ''
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'' case, in which Lipstadt, a
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scholar, was sued by
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for libel. The film premiered at the
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to positive reviews. It later received the
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nomination.


2020s

In 2020, he contracted
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, an experience reflected in his monologue '' Beat the Devil'' with
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in the starring role. In 2022, he wrote, '' Straight Line Crazy''. The play is set in the 1920s through the 1960s in
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and centres around the life of Robert Moses portrayed by Fiennes. Fiennes stars as Moses, once a powerful man in New York and the "master builder" of infrastructure from new parks, bridges and expressways. During his working life, he served on the
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and was the
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. The play premiered at the
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in London in March 2022. The play will transfer to the New York stage with Fiennes at The Shed in October 2022.


Archive

In 1993, he sold his archive to the
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at the
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. The archive consists of typescript drafts, notes, rehearsal scripts, schedules, production notes, correspondence, theatre programs, resumes, photographs, and published texts associated with Hare's plays, teleplays, screenplays, and essays, as well as foreign-language translations of Hare's works; works by other authors; personal correspondence; minutes of meetings; and Hare's English papers from
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.


Personal life

He is married to the French fashion designer
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. In 1993 Hare's best friend Sarah Matheson was diagnosed with Multiple System Atrophy and died from the disease in 1999. In January 2015, Hare broadcast the
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Appeal to raise money for the Multiple System Atrophy Trust, which was founded by Matheson.


Works

Selected credits


Theatre

*'' Slag'' (1970) *''The Great Exhibition'' (1972) *''Brassneck'' (1973) (with Howard Brenton) *''Knuckle'' (1974) *''Fanshen'' (1975). Based on ''
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'' (1966) *'' Teeth 'n' Smiles'' (1975) *'' Plenty'' (1978) *''A Map of the World'' (1982) *''
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'' (1985) (with Howard Brenton) *''The Bay at Nice, and Wrecked Eggs'' (1986) *''The Knife'' (1987) (with Nick Bicat and Tim Rose Price) *'' The Secret Rapture'' (1988) *'' Racing Demon'' (1990) *''
Murmuring Judges ''Murmuring Judges'', first performed in 1991, is a scathing attack on the British legal system, and the second of a trilogy of plays by David Hare examining Great Britain's most hallowed institutions. The first play in the trilogy, '' Racing Dem ...
'' (1991) *'' The Absence of War'' (1993) *'' Skylight'' (1995) *''
Amy's View ''Amy's View'' is a play written by British playwright David Hare. It premiered in London at the Royal National Theatre's Lyttelton Theatre on 13 June 1997, directed by Richard Eyre and starring Judi Dench, Ronald Pickup and Samantha Bond ...
'' (1997) *'' Ivanov'' (1997; 2015) (adapted from Chekhov) *'' The Blue Room'' (1998) (adapted from
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) *'' The Judas Kiss'' (1998) *''
Via Dolorosa The ''Via Dolorosa'' (Latin, 'Sorrowful Way', often translated 'Way of Suffering'; ar, طريق الآلام; Hebrew: ויה דולורוזה) is a processional route in the Old City of Jerusalem. It represents the path that Jesus would have t ...
'' (1998) *'' My Zinc Bed'' (2000) *'' Platonov'' (2001; 2015) (adapted from Chekhov) *'' The Breath of Life'' (2002) *'' The Permanent Way'' (2003) *'' Stuff Happens'' (2004) *''
The Vertical Hour ''The Vertical Hour'' is a play by David Hare (dramatist), David Hare. The play addresses the relationship of characters with opposing views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and also explores psychological tension between public lives and private liv ...
'' (2006) *''
Gethsemane Gethsemane () is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested before his crucifixion. It is a place of great resona ...
'' (2008) *''Berlin'' (2009) *''
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'' (2009) *''
The Power of Yes ''The Power of Yes'' is a 2009 play by English playwright David Hare. It is the story of a dramatist seeking to understand the financial crisis of 2007–2008 Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It ...
'' (2009) *''
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'' (2011) *''Behind the Beautiful Forevers'' (2014) *''
The Seagull ''The Seagull'' ( rus, Ча́йка, r=Cháyka, links=no) is a play by Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov, written in 1895 and first produced in 1896. ''The Seagull'' is generally considered to be the first of his four major plays. It dramatises th ...
'' (2015) (adapted from Chekhov) *''
The Moderate Soprano ''The Moderate Soprano'' is a 2015 play by the British playwright David Hare. It is a historical play dealing with John Christie, his founding of Glyndebourne Opera and his romance and marriage with Audrey Mildmay, the eponymous soprano. The pr ...
'' (2015) *''The Red Barn'' (2016) *''I'm Not Running'' (2018) *'' Beat the Devil'' (2020) *'' Straight Line Crazy'' (2022)


Film

*'' Plenty'' (1985) *''
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'' (1992) *'' The Secret Rapture'' (1993) *'' The Hours'' (2002) *''
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'' (2008) *''
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'' (2016) *''
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'' (2017) *''
The White Crow ''The White Crow'' is a 2018 biographical drama film written by David Hare and directed by Ralph Fiennes. It chronicles the life and dance career of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, played by Oleg Ivenko. It is inspired by the book ''Rudolf Nure ...
'' (2018)


Television

*''
Page Eight ''Page Eight'' is a 2011 British political thriller, written and directed for the BBC by the British dramatist David Hare, his first film as director since the 1989 film ''Strapless''. The cast includes Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambo ...
'' (BBC, 2011) (also directed) *''
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'' (BBC, 2014) (also directed) *''
Salting the Battlefield ''Salting the Battlefield'' is a 2014 British political thriller television film, written and directed for the BBC by the British writer David Hare. It follows ''Page Eight'', which aired on BBC Two in August 2011 and ''Turks & Caicos'', which ...
'' (BBC, 2014) (also directed) *''
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'' (Netflix, 2018) *'' Roadkill'' (BBC One, 2020) *'' Beat the Devil'' (Showtime/Skyarts, 2021)


Awards and honours

For his work in theatre he has received eight Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning the award twice, for '' Racing Demon'' in 1990 and '' Skylight'' in 1996. He has also received three
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nominations for '' Plenty'' in 1985, ''Racing Demon'' in 1996 and ''Skylight'' in 1997. He aldo received the
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(1975), a BAFTA Award (1979), the
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(1983), and the London Theatre Critics' Award (1990). Hare has received various award nominations for his film work, including two
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nominations for '' The Hours'' (2002), and ''
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'' (2008); two Golden Globe Award nominations; and five
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nominations. He was awarded the Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear in 1985. In 1997, he was a member of the jury at the
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. He has also received various honours including knighthoods, degrees, and fellows. He was elected a
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of the Royal Society of Literature in 1985. This gave him the
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"FRSL" for Life. He was awarded an
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by
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in 2001. He was knighted in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours List "For services to the Theatre". This allows him to use the title
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. He was awarded the
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of
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(D.Litt) by the
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in 2010.


References


External links


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