The Secret Rapture and Other Plays
Dec 2007 · Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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A collection of five plays from the Tony Award–winning playwright and screenwriter, "the premiere political dramatist writing in English" ( The Washington Post).
David Hare, "Britain's leading contemporary playwright," has established a unique reputation for plays that are at once personal and political, deeply serious and incredibly funny ( The Times). He is the author of seventeen plays, many of which have been presented on Broadway. Included in this collection are Fanshen; A Map of the World; Saigon: Year of the Cat; The Bay at Nice; and The Secret Rapture. Of the title play, Frank Rich of The New York Times said, " The Secret Rapture has gone further than before in marrying political thought to the compelling drama of lives that refuse to conform to any ideology's utopian plan . . . Mr. Hare embraces the human, messy though it may be."
Praise for David Hare
Fanshen
"The nearest any English contemporary writer has come to emulating Brecht." — Financial Times
A Map of the World
"Mr. Hare's A Map of the World, which passionately embraces utopia without arrogantly presuming to annex it, is original and provocative." — The New York Times
Saigon
"An impressive new film which vividly captures the last desperate days in Vietnam as the Reds laid siege to the sweltering city." — Daily Express
The Bay at Nice
"Witty, cerebral, and full of fine-spun ironies." — The Guardian
The Secret Rapture
"His writing, as always, is smart, and this time, glorious. The characters are unhackneyed and complex; the insights are tough and hard to ignore." — New York Newsday
David Hare, "Britain's leading contemporary playwright," has established a unique reputation for plays that are at once personal and political, deeply serious and incredibly funny ( The Times). He is the author of seventeen plays, many of which have been presented on Broadway. Included in this collection are Fanshen; A Map of the World; Saigon: Year of the Cat; The Bay at Nice; and The Secret Rapture. Of the title play, Frank Rich of The New York Times said, " The Secret Rapture has gone further than before in marrying political thought to the compelling drama of lives that refuse to conform to any ideology's utopian plan . . . Mr. Hare embraces the human, messy though it may be."
Praise for David Hare
Fanshen
"The nearest any English contemporary writer has come to emulating Brecht." — Financial Times
A Map of the World
"Mr. Hare's A Map of the World, which passionately embraces utopia without arrogantly presuming to annex it, is original and provocative." — The New York Times
Saigon
"An impressive new film which vividly captures the last desperate days in Vietnam as the Reds laid siege to the sweltering city." — Daily Express
The Bay at Nice
"Witty, cerebral, and full of fine-spun ironies." — The Guardian
The Secret Rapture
"His writing, as always, is smart, and this time, glorious. The characters are unhackneyed and complex; the insights are tough and hard to ignore." — New York Newsday
A collection of five plays from the Tony Award–winning playwright and screenwriter, "the premiere political dramatist writing in English" ( The Washington Post).
David Hare, "Britain's leading contemporary playwright," has established a unique reputation for plays that are at once personal and ...
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The son of Clifford and Agnes Gilmour Hare, David Hare was born on June 5, 1947, in St. Leonards, England. After graduating from Jesus College in Cambridge in 1968 with the honors Master of Arts degree in English, Hare went to work for the film company A.B. Pathe. Soon after, Hare co-founded the Portable Theatre Company, a touring experimental theatre group. While serving as the theatre's director from 1968 to 1971, Hare wrote his first plays. In 1970, Hare won the Evening Standard Drama Award for most promising new playwright for Slag, his first major play. Two years later, after Portable Theatre declared bankruptcy, Hare became resident dramatist at Nottingham Playhouse. Hare also co-founded the Joint Stock Theatre Group and served as its director from 1975 to 1980. During these years Hare produced many more plays, including The Great Exhibition, Brassneck, and Knuckle, the first of Hare's plays to be produced in London's West End. In addition to directing his own plays, Hare has directed such works as The Party by Trevor Griffiths, Devil's Island by Tony Bicat, and King Lear, with Anthony Hopkins in the title role. In 1982, Hare opened his own film company, Greenpoint Films. Among the screenplays written by Hare are Plenty, Paris by Night, and Wetherby, a story about repressed passions among members of the middle class.
The son of Clifford and Agnes Gilmour Hare, David Hare was born on June 5, 1947, in St. Leonards, England. After graduating from Jesus College in Cambridge in 1968 with the honors Master of Arts degree in English, Hare went to work for the film company A.B. Pathe. Soon after, Hare co-founded the ...
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