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Racing Demon: A Play

Racing Demon: A Play

by David Hare (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $12.25

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    Paperback 1990

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    Paperback 1991

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Synopsis

How do you fight without hate? Racing Demon reveals the struggle of four clergymen to make sense of their mission. David Hare's play opened at the National Theatre, London, in 1990 to universal acclaim, and won four awards as Play of the Year. Racing Demon was the first part of David Hare's trilogy of plays about British institutions; Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War completed the trilogy.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 03 Sep 2001
ISBN 10: 0571161065
ISBN 13: 9780571161065
Book Overview: Racing Demon by David Hare - the first part of Hare's famous trilogy, along with Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War - is an exploration of four clergymen in the attempt to make sense of their mission.

Media Reviews
Racing Demon emerges as Hare's compassionate study of the eternal battle between the individual conscience and the institution. -- Guardian

Racing Demon emerges as Hare's compassionate study of the eternal battle between the individual conscience and the institution. -- Guardian
Author Bio
David Hare is a playwright and filmmaker. His stage plays include Plenty, Pravda (with Howard Brenton) Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy's View, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, South Downs, The Absence of War and The Judas Kiss. His films for cinema and television include Wetherby, The Hours, Damage, The Reader and the Worricker trilogy: Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefield. He has written English adaptations of plays by Pirandello, Chekhov, Brecht, Schnitzler, Lorca, Gorky and Ibsen. For fifteen years he was an Associate Director of the National Theatre.