Hare's SOUTH DOWNS Written in Response to BROWNING VERSION

According to Baz Bamigboye for UK Daily Mail, David Hare's new play, SOUTH DOWNS was writted in response to THE BROWNING VERSION by Terence Rattigan.  The show is set for a run at Chichester, where, according to artistic director Jonathan Church, BROWNING VERSION will appear during the same season.

Hare worked with the Portable Theatre Company from 1968 - 1971. He was Resident Dramatist at The Royal Court Theatre, London, from 1970-1971, and in 1973 became resident dramatist at the Nottingham Playhouse, a major provincial theatre. In 1975, Hare co-founded the Joint Stock Theatre Company with David Aukin and Max Stafford-Clark. Hare began writing for the National Theatre and in 1978 his play Plenty was produced at the National Theatre, followed by A Map of the World in 1983, and Pravda in 1985, co-written with Howard Brenton. David Hare became the Associate Director of the National Theatre in 1984, and has since seen many of his plays produced, such as his trilogy of plays Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, and The Absence of War. Hare has also directed many other plays aside from his own works, such as The Pleasure Principle by Snoo Wilson, Weapons of Happiness by Howard Brenton, and King Lear by William Shakespeare for the National Theatre. He is also the author of a collection of lectures on the arts and politics called Obedience, Struggle, and Revolt (2005).

Hare's awards include the BAFTA Award (1979), the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1983), the Berlin Film FestivAl Golden Bear (1985), the Olivier Award (1990), and the London Theatre Critics' Award (1990). He was knighted in 1998. Sheffeild Theatre is to dedicate a season to Hare's accomplishments.

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