The Absence of War - Softcover

Hare, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571325890 ISBN 13: 9780571325894

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2015

Synopsis

The Absence of War offers a meditation on the classic problems of leadership, and is the third part of a critically acclaimed trilogy of plays (Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges) about British institutions.

Its unsparing portrait of a Labour Party torn between past principles and future prosperity, and of a deeply sympathetic leader doomed to failure, made the play hugely controversial and prophetic when it was first presented at the National Theatre, London, in 1993.

The Absence of War is much more than a piece of skilled reporting. It is actually cast as a classic tragedy.' Guardian

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About the Author

David Hare has written over thirty stage plays and thirty screenplays for film and television. The plays include Plenty, Pravda (with Howard Brenton), The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy's View, The Blue Room, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, The Absence of War, The Judas Kiss, The Red Barn, The Moderate Soprano, I'm Not Running and Beat the Devil. For cinema, he has written The Hours, The Reader, Damage, Denial, Wetherby and The White Crow among others, while his television films include Licking Hitler, the Worricker Trilogy, Collateral and Roadkill. In a millennial poll of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, five of the top hundred were his.

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571325890
• ISBN 13: 9780571325894
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96