An interview with English playwright David Hare

Date
2010-02-07
Interviewer: Wachtel, Eleanor
Host: Wachtel, Eleanor
Interviewee: Hare, David, 1947-
Producer: Stinson, Mary (Producer)
Producer: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Description

Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the English playwright and director, David Hare. From post-war disillusion in Plenty to the invasion of Iraq in Stuff Happens and The Vertical Hour, David Hare has always remained socially engaged. His newest play is The Power of Yes: A Dramatist Seeks to Understand the Financial Crisis. Most of David Hare's plays and books of essays have been published by Faber & Faber. His films are available on DVD.

Physical description
1 online resource (1 audio file (52 min., 07 sec.))
Location
London (England)
Toronto (Ont.)
Subject
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. English Networks
CBC Books
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Wachtel, Eleanor. Writers & company
Authorship
Dramatists, English--Interviews
Hare, David, 1947-
Hare, David, 1947- Plays. Selections
Drama
Playwriting
Social classes--Great Britain
Royal National Theatre (Great Britain)
Hare, David, 1947- Power of yes
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Drama
Gould, Glenn
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009
Greenspan, Alan, 1926-
Soros, George
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stories, plots, etc.
Hare, David, 1947- Stuff happens
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Drama
Washington (D.C.)--Drama
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Drama
Blair, Tony, 1953---Drama
Hare, David, 1947- Vertical hour
College teachers--Drama
Marshall Plan
Hare, David, 1947---Childhood and youth
Mad men (Television program)
Self-confidence
Experimental theater--Great Britain
Theater--Political aspects
Prebble, Lucy
Stenham, Polly
Genre
Discussion
Interviews
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Part of
Writers & Company
Identifier
WritersAndCo-2010-02-07
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