Obedience, Struggle and Revolt - Softcover

Hare, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571232191 ISBN 13: 9780571232192

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2007

Synopsis

What is a political playwright? Does theatre have any direct effect on society? Why choose to work in a medium which speaks to so few? Is theatre itself facing oblivion? All frequent questions addressed to David Hare over the last thirty-five years, as his work has taken him from the travelling fringe to the National Theatre, from seasons on Broadway to performances in prisons, church halls and on bare floors.

Since 1978, Hare has sought uniquely to address these and other questions in occasional lectures given both in Britain and abroad. Now, for the first time, these lectures are collected together with some of his more recent prose pieces about God, Iraq, Israel/Palestine and the privatisation of the railways.

Bringing to the lectern the same wit, insight and gift for the essential for which his plays are known, Hare presents the distilled result of a lifetime's sustained thinking about art and politics.

About this title

Review:

"'It is well written, full of passionate energy and completely unafraid of grappling with ideas and mocking the cant of the day. Long may Hare care enough to write like this.' Aleks Sierz, Independent"

Book Description:

Obedience, Struggle and Revolt by David Hare, 'The foremost theatrical chronicler of contemporary British life.' New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0571232191
• ISBN 13: 9780571232192
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256