David Hare

It is 1979. Esme Allen is a well-known West End actress at just the moment when the West End is ceasing to offer actors a regular way of life. The visit of her young daughter, Amy, with a new boyfriend sets in train a series of events which only find their shape eighteen years later.

My Zinc Bed (ara El meu llit de zinc en la traducció catalana) presenta un triangle complex i, a estones, d'una considerable turbulència: amb l'eix temàtic de la dependència (entesa en el sentit més ampli), dos homes i una dona es debaten entre l'acceptació i el rebuig de les seves febleses, impulsos i contradiccions: Paul Peplow, un jove poeta alcohòlic en procés de recuperació; un home madur, Victor Quinn, excomunista reconvertit en empresari, i la seva dona, Elsa, que arrossega una història personal marcada per l'addicció a l'alcohol i a la cocaïna. El perfil de cada un d'aquests personatges i la seva relació amb els altres dos i amb les pulsions emocionals que configuren l'obra no para d'oscil·lar entre el desengany, el desig, la passió, la compassió, la lucidesa i el dubte; és, en definitiva, un retrat minuciós de l'Homo sapiens urbà de principis del segle XXI, amb tot el desconcert que el caracteritza. My Zinc Bed (ahora Mi cama de zinc en la traducción catalana) presenta un triángulo complejo y, a ratos, de una considerable turbulencia: con el eje temático de la dependencia (entendida en el sentido más amplio), dos hombres y una mujer se debaten entre la aceptación y el rechazo de sus debilidades, impulsos y contradicciones: Paul Peplow, un joven poeta alcohólico en proceso de recuperación, un hombre maduro, Victor Quinn, ex comunista reconvertido en empresario, y su mujer, Elsa , que arrastra una historia personal marcada por la adicción al alcohol ya la cocaína. El perfil de cada uno de estos personajes y su relación con los otros dos y con las pulsiones emocionales que configuran la obra no deja de oscilar entre el desengaño, el deseo, la pasión, la compasión, la lucidez y la duda, es, en definitiva, un retrato minucioso del Homo sapiens urbano de principios del siglo XXI, con todo el desconcierto que le caracteriza.

Via Dolorosa neix del viatge que David Hare fa a Israel durant tres setmanes l'any 1997:"Durant un temps el tema de les meves obres com a dramaturg ha estat la fe. El meu tema són les creences. I així comença a ser apropiat; no, comença a ser urgent, qu

"Skylight" premiered at the National Theatre in 1995 and then went on to become one of the most internationally successful plays of recent years. This is the definitive edition of &

A collection of David Hare plays from the 1970s.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge." Gauguin's epigram serves as the motto for this moral tale of two women, both in their sixties, whose lives are interwoven in ways neither of them yet understands. Madeline Palmer is a retired curator, living alone on the Isle of Wight. One day Frances Beale comes to her door, a woman she has met only once, who is now enjoying sudden success, late in life, as a popular novelist. The result is a surprising and profound meditation on what can emerge when a man's wife and mistress finally confront each other.

Berlin/WallIn two contrasted readings for the stage, David Hare visits a place where a famous wall has come down; then another where a wall is going up.Berlin For his whole adult life, David Hare has been visiting the city which so many young people regard as the most exciting in Europe. But theres something in Berlins elusive character that makes him feel hes always missing the point. Now, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the reunification, he offers a meditation about Germanys restored capital - both what it represents in European history, and the peculiar part it has played in his own life.Wall The Israeli/Palestine security fence will one day stretch 486 miles, from one end of Israel to the other. It will be four times as long as the Berlin wall, and in places twice as high. In this second monologue, the playwright recalls his trips to both Israel and the Palestinian territory and offers a history of the walls building, an exploration of the philosophy behind it and a personal account of those who live on either side. Berlin premiered at the National Theatre, London, in February 2009 and Wall premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in March 2009.Of all British dramatists, Hare is the one who has always seemed to have the sharpest awareness of what is going on around him, which is what makes him such an eagerly sought-after journalist. Michael Billington