Works of David Hare


is an English playwright, screenwriter, and director.
He is known for his theatrical works, including his acclaimed plays Pravda, The Absence of War, Skylight, Amy's View, and The Judas Kiss. He is also known for his works on film and television. His notable film credits include Plenty, The Hours, and The Reader, while his television works include Page Eight and Collateral.

Plays

  • Slag
  • The Great Exhibition
  • Brassneck
  • Knuckle
  • Fanshen. Based on William H. Hinton, Fanshen: Documentary of Revolution in a Chinese Village
  • Teeth 'n' Smiles
  • Plenty
  • A Map of the World
  • Pravda
  • The Bay at Nice, and Wrecked Eggs
  • The Knife
  • The Secret Rapture
  • Racing Demon
  • Murmuring Judges
  • The Absence of War
  • Skylight
  • Amy's View
  • Ivanov
  • The Blue Room
  • The Judas Kiss
  • Via Dolorosa
  • My Zinc Bed
  • Platonov
  • The Breath of Life
  • The Permanent Way
  • Stuff Happens
  • The Vertical Hour
  • Gethsemane
  • Berlin
  • Wall
  • The Power of Yes
  • South Downs
  • Behind the Beautiful Forevers
  • The Seagull
  • The Moderate Soprano
  • The Red Barn
  • I'm Not Running
  • Beat the Devil
  • ''Straight Line Crazy''

    Filmography

Film

  • Wetherby
  • Plenty - based on his play
  • Damage
  • The Secret Rapture - based on his play
  • The Hours - based on the novel by Michael Cunningham
  • The Reader - based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink
  • Denial
  • ''The White Crow''

    Television

  • Licking Hitler
  • Dreams of Leaving
  • Strapless
  • The Absence of War - based on his play
  • My Zinc Bed - based on his play
  • Page Eight
  • Turks & Caicos
  • Collateral
  • Roadkill
  • Beat the Devil
  • ''Worricker Trilogy''

    Unproduced scripts

  • The Corrections - based on the novel by Jonathan Franzen
  • Murder in Samarkand - based on the memoir by Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan

    Directing credits

  • Licking Hitler for BBC1's Play for Today
  • Dreams of Leaving for BBC1's Play for Today
  • Wetherby
  • Paris by Night
  • Strapless
  • Heading Home
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles - episode "Paris, May 1919"
  • The Designated Mourner, written by Wallace Shawn
  • The Year of Magical Thinking
  • Page Eight
  • Turks & Caicos
  • ''Salting the Battlefield''

    Books

  • Writing Left-Handed
  • Acting Up
  • by Richard Boon
  • The Blue Touch Paper
  • We Travelled: Essays and Poems''

    Articles