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

Also by David Hare

PLAYS ONE

(Slag, Teeth ‘n' 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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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

Hare, David, 1947–

The blue touch paper : a memoir / David Hare. —

First American edition.

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ISBN 978-0-393-24918-7 (hardcover)

1. Hare, David, 1947– 2. Dramatists, English—20th century—Biography.

I. Title.

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ISBN: 978-0-393-24919-4 (e-book)

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