by David Hare (Author)
It is 1979. Esme Allen is a well-known West End actress at just the moment when the West End is ceasing to offer actors a regular way of life. The visit of her young daughter, Amy, with a new boyfriend sets in train a series of events which only find their shape eighteen years later. A generational play about the long term struggle between a strong mother and her loving daughter, "Amy's View" mixes love, death and the theatre in a way which is both heady and original.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 96
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 23 Jun 1997
ISBN 10: 0571191797
ISBN 13: 9780571191796
Book Overview: Amy's View by David Hare is a generational play about the long-term struggle between a strong mother and her loving daughter, mixing love, death and the theatre in a way which is both heady and original.
David Hare's masterpiece. Daily Mail
A diffuse, incisive, funny, moving, difficult, fascinating play...A major dramatist has written a strong, rich play. The Times
Above all else, Amy's View offers the sheer exhilaration of watching a major dramatist writing for the theatre he loves at the very height of his powers. Daily Express
David Hare's masterpiece. --Daily Mail
A diffuse, incisive, funny, moving, difficult, fascinating play...A major dramatist has written a strong, rich play. --The Times
Above all else, Amy's View offers the sheer exhilaration of watching a major dramatist writing for the theatre he loves at the very height of his powers. --Daily Express