Asking Around: Background to the David Hare Trilogy

Asking Around: Background to the David Hare Trilogy

by David Hare (Author)

Synopsis

David Hare's trilogy of plays - "Racing Demon", "Murmuring Judges", "The Absence of War" - first presented at the National Theatre, London, in 1993, examines the crises facing three great British institutions - the Church, the Law and the Labour Party. In order to learn about these organisations, Hare amassed a body of hard research from first-hand interviews with many of the people involved: from vicars to high-ranking policemen, from judges to MPs. "Asking Around" presents a judicious selection of those interviews and also includes a commentary by Hare, describing how he threaded his way through the complex structures of Church, Law and Politics.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber
Published: 11 Oct 1993

ISBN 10: 0571170633
ISBN 13: 9780571170630
Book Overview: Asking Around presents the fascinating background to David Hare's trilogy of plays, Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, and The Absence of War.

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.