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Published: 19/09/2017
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David Hare is a  playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director. He has written over thirty stage plays which include Plenty (1978), Pravda (1985, with Howard Brenton), The Secret Rapture (1988), Racing Demon (1990), Skylight (1997), Amy’s View …


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