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David Hare

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David Hare is a playwright and screenwriter. Among his work are the plays Plenty, the trilogy Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, and The Absence of War, and Stuff Happens. Among the awards he has won are a Bafta and the Olivier Award. He was knighted in 1998

December 2024

  • Black and white portrait of Maggie Smith looking pensive with her hand in front of her mouth

    The Observer's obituaries of 2024
    Maggie Smith remembered by David Hare

    The playwright recalls the actor as a fiercely loyal friend with a natural gift for comedy, but also as her own hardest critic

March 2024

  • Jenne Casarotto at desk

    Jenne Casarotto obituary

    Benign and trusted agent who represented writers and directors in film, television and publishing

December 2023

  • Michael Gambon in 2006.

    The Observer's obituaries of 2023
    Michael Gambon remembered by David Hare

    The playwright recalls his collaborations with the charismatic actor whose mix of mischief and vulnerability endeared him to everyone from Arthur Miller to Bill Nighy

September 2022

  • Queen Elizabeth II leaving Buckingham Palace for the state opening of parliament in 2009.

    New Britain, same as the old one: the legacy of the second Elizabethan era

    The Queen’s accession seemed to herald a fresh start for Britain. But as politics became more squalid, her bland persona was a good match for the monarchy’s survival instinct, says playwright David Hare

August 2022

  • Frighteningly contemporary … The Roads to Freedom with Michael Bryant as Mathieu and Daniel Massey as Daniel.

    ‘Dishonest narcissists’ – David Hare on why our unshameable Tory leaders should watch The Roads to Freedom

  • David Warner, actor. David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 Ð 24 July 2022) was an English actor, who worked in film, television, and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in 1966 through his lead performance in the Karel Reisz film Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. © Frank Baron / Guardian / eyevine Contact eyevine for more information about using this image: T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 E: info@eyevine.com http://www.eyevine.com

    Letters: David Warner obituary

October 2021

  • Hugh Laurie as Peter Laurence in David Hare’s Roadkill.

    The BBC needs to get much better at defending itself

    David Hare
    Fearful about impartiality and the future of the TV licence, the corporation’s dramas have become markedly uncontentious, says playwright David Hare

April 2021

  • Playwright David Hare has written a new poem, Agony Uncle, about Boris Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis. Written in the tradition of 18th century satire, the poem castigates the UK prime minister for his mistakes

    Watch David Hare read new satirical poem about Boris Johnson – video

    Playwright David Hare has written a new poem, Agony Uncle, about Boris Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis. Written in the tradition of 18th century satire, the poem castigates the UK prime minister for his mistakes

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May 2018

  • Philip Roth at home in Manhattan, January 2018.

    ‘I did the best I could with what I had…’: writers on the Philip Roth they knew

    A daring explorer of ego is remembered by Robert McCrum, David Hare and Hannah Beckerman

December 2017

  • Picture of Playhouse

    David Hare: my ideal theatre

    During David Hare’s 50 years in theatre its fortunes have changed beyond recognition. In the face of cultural cuts and crises, he sets out his vision for a Playhouse for today

November 2017

  • Gordon Brown and Tony Blair

    My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown review – knowledge of everything except himself

  • Illustration of David Hare at the cinema

    My writing day
    David Hare: ‘For every hour you write a screenplay, you spend 10 defending it’

July 2017

  • Owen Gatley cover final

    Best holiday reads 2017, picked by writers – part one

    A plagiarist in a kitchen and a horse walking into a bar; Dublin crimes and Washington misdemeanours; relationships, revolutions and relaxations ... leading writers reveal their summer recommendations

June 2017

  • Kristin Scott Thomas as Eleanor

    Brexit shorts: dramas from a divided nation
    Time to Leave, a new play by David Hare – read the script

    Like everyone else she knows, Eleanor voted leave. She knew she wouldn’t really get her country back but why hasn’t the result made her happier?

October 2016

  • Director Howard Davies at the National Theatre. Commissioned for Portrait of the Artist.

    Howard Davies obituary

  • Justice Secretary Ken Clarke waves to photographers as he arrives at The Royal Courts of Justice give evidence to The Leveson Inquiry on May 30, 2012 in London, England.

    Book of the day
    Kind of Blue by Ken Clarke review – the sympathetic Tory? Forget it

September 2016

  • georges simenon and melvyn bragg in a south bank show interview in 1978

    David Hare: the genius of Georges Simenon

  • Timothy Spall

    David Hare on writing nothing but the truth about a Holocaust denier

August 2016

  • Illustration Greygouar

    Richard Ford, Joyce Carol Oates, David Hare and more ... leading writers on Donald Trump

    The Great Gatsby, Elmer Gantry, The Wizard of Oz – top writers choose books to make sense of the US election

July 2016

  • EU Referendum<br>Boris Johnson (right) speaks alongside (from left to centre) Priti Patel, Kate Hoey and Michael Gove at a Vote Leave campaign event at Old Billingsgate market, London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Sunday June 19, 2016. See PA story POLITICS EU. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

    The leave campaign is a revolution, and like all revolutions, it will eat its own

    David Hare
    History told us it was likely to be Boris Johnson who was brought down first. But who will be next?
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