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Name: David Hare  
   
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Date of Birth: 5th June 1947
   
Place of Birth: Sussex, England, UK
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director.

Hare was born in Sussex and was educated at Lancing College and at Jesus College, Cambridge. His first play, Slag, was produced in 1970. In 1973, he was appointed resident dramatist to the Nottingham Playhouse, a major provincial theatre. In 1975, he helped found the Joint Stock Theatre Company.

Plays by David Hare include:

  • Plenty (1978)
  • Pravda (1985) (with Howard Brenton)
  • The Blue Room (adapted from Arthur Schnitzler)
  • Racing Demon (1990)
  • Skylight (1995)
  • The Judas Kiss (1998)
  • The Permanent Way (2003)
  • Stuff Happens (2004)

Television and film scripts include:

  • Licking Hitler (1974 and 1978)
  • Plenty (1985) based on his play
  • The Hours (2002) based on the novel
  • The Corrections (2007) based on the novel

Television plays and films directed include:

  • Licking Hitler (1974 and 1978)
  • an episode of the TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)

He is married to the Algerian fashion designer Nicole Farhi.

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