Sir David Hare (born 5 June 1947) is an English playwright and theatre and film director.
Hare was born David Rippon in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes (née Gilmour) and Clifford Theodore Rippon, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing College and at Jesus College, Cambridge. His first play, Slag, was produced in 1970.
Hare worked with the Portable Theatre Company from 1968 - 1971. He was Resident Dramatist at the Royal C...
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Sir David Hare (born 5 June 1947) is an English playwright and theatre and film director.
Hare was born David Rippon in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes (née Gilmour) and Clifford Theodore Rippon, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing College and at Jesus College, Cambridge. His first play, Slag, was produced in 1970.
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 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,...
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