Racing Demon
Racing Demon
paperback
Published:
3 September, 2001
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Description
How do you fight without hate?
Racing Demon reveals the struggle of four clergymen to make sense of their mission.
David Hare's play opened at the National Theatre, London, in 1990 to universal acclaim, and won four awards as Play of the Year. Racing Demon was the first part of David Hare's trilogy of plays about British institutions; Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War completed the trilogy.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571161065 |
| ISBN10 | 0571161065 |
| Number Of Pages | 96 |
| Item Weight | 100 g |
| Product Dimensions | 125 x 200 x 10 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
Racing Demon emerges as Hare's compassionate study of the eternal battle between the individual conscience and the institution. -- Guardian
Racing Demon emerges as Hare's compassionate study of the eternal battle between the individual conscience and the institution. -- Guardian
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Author's Bio
David Hare has written over thirty stage plays and thirty screenplays for film and television. The plays include Plenty, Pravda (with Howard Brenton), The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Skylight, Amy's View, The Blue Room, Via Dolorosa, Stuff Happens, The Absence of War, The Judas Kiss, The Red Barn, The Moderate Soprano, I'm Not Running and Beat the Devil. For cinema, he has written The Hours, The Reader, Damage, Denial, Wetherby and The White Crow among others, while his television films include Licking Hitler, the Worricker Trilogy, Collateral and Roadkill. In a millennial poll of the greatest plays of the twentieth century, five of the top hundred were his.