Read The Blue Touch Paper Online
Authors: David Hare
The Blue Touch Paper (44 page)
From L to R, Darcy, Margaret, Joe, DH and Lewis, in our loft in SoHo, Christmas, 1978
DH with Kate Nelligan, preparing the dance scenes for
Dreams of Leaving
, 1979
PLAYS ONE
(Slag, Teeth ân' Smiles, Knuckle, Licking Hitler, Plenty)
PLAYS TWO
(Fanshen, A Map of the World, Saigon, The Bay at Nice, The Secret Rapture)
PLAYS THREE
(Skylight, Amy's View, The Judas Kiss, My Zinc Bed)
RACING DEMON
MURMURING JUDGES
THE ABSENCE OF WAR
VIA DOLOROSA
THE BLUE ROOM
(from
La Ronde
by Schnitzler)
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
Adaptations
PLATONOV
by Chekhov
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA
by Lorca
ENEMIES
by Gorky
Screenplays
COLLECTED SCREENPLAYS
(Wetherby, Paris by Night, Strapless,
Heading Home, Dreams of Leaving)
THE HOURS
Prose
ACTING UP
ASKING AROUND: BACKGROUND TO THE DAVID HARE TRILOGY
WRITING LEFT-HANDED
OBEDIENCE, STRUGGLE AND REVOLT
Copyright © 2015 by David Hare
First American Edition 2015
First published in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Ltd
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Hare, David, 1947â
The blue touch paper : a memoir / David Hare. â
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ISBN 978-0-393-24918-7 (hardcover)
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