The Cambridge Companion to David Hare

Richard Boon is Professor of Drama in the Department of Music and Drama, University of Hull.

• Chronology; Directing work; Introduction Richard Boon; Part I. Text and Context: 1. Portable Theatre: 'fine detail, rough theatre'. A personal memoir Tony Bicât; 2. Keeping turning up: Hare's early career Richard Boon; 3. In opposition: Hare's response to Thatcherism Lib Taylor; 4. Hare's trilogy at the National: private moralities and the common good Les Wade; 5. Hare's 'stage poetry', 1995–2002 Duncan Wu; 6. 'Stopping for lunch': the political theatre of David Hare Peter Ansorge; Part II. Working with Hare: 7. Hare in collaboration: writing dialogues Cathy Turner; 8. Acting Hare: The Permanent Way Bella Merlin; 9. Directing Hare Richard Eyre; Part III. Hare on Screen: 10. 'Being taken no notice of in ten million homes': David Hare's adventures in television John Bull; 11. Hare on film: an interview Richard Boon; Part IV. Overviews of Hare: 12. 'To ask how things might have been otherwise…': history and memory in the work of David Hare Steve Nicholson; 13. Performing histories: Plenty and A Map of the World Janelle Reinelt; 14. 'Marbled with doubt': satire, reality and the alpha male in the plays of David Hare Michael Mangan; 15. 'Theatre and anti-theatre': David Hare and public speaking Chris Megson and Dan Rebellato.