Skylight: A Play - Softcover

Hare, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571176127 ISBN 13: 9780571176120

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995

Synopsis

Skylight premiered at the National Theatre in 1995 and then went on to become one of the most internationally successful plays of recent years.

This is the definitive edition of Skylight.

About this title

About the Author:

David Hare was born in Sussex, England in 1947. His first play, Slag, was produced in 1970. His other works include Plenty (1978), A Map of the World (1983), and Pravda (1985). A founder of the Portable Theatre and the Joint Stock, he became resident dramatist and literary manager of the Royal Court Theatre, London (1967–71), and at the Nottingham Playhouse (1973). Until recently, Hare served as director of the National Theatre, London. In 1982, Hare founded a film company, Greenpoint Films. He has written several screenplays including Plenty (1985), Weatherby (1985), Strapless (1989), and Damage (1992). Several of his best-known plays, The Secret Rapture, Racing Demon, Skylight, The Judas Kiss, Via Dolorosa and Amy's View have been presented on Broadway.

Review:

“The play of the decade.” ―Spectator

“A magnificent chamber play by one of the few major playwrights in our language. Quite unlike his "social" trilogy [Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War], Hare is here dealing with gentler matters of life, love and circumstance...Skylight might well one day take its place among the small, residual handful of fin de siecle classics.” ―New York Post

“There are times in the theatre when you suddenly find yourself in the grip of silence. There is no fidgeting or coughing no shifting about in seats: the audience's attention is so tense, it is almost palpable. This is because it can sense that what is happening on the stage is both thrilling and dangerous: a fight to the death, or the dawning of salvation. David Hare's new play, Skylight, is punctuated by such moments. They are the signs that a dramatist of the first rank is writing at full stretch, in complete command of his material, undogmatic and unafraid, unforgiving but compassionate.” ―Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0571176127
• ISBN 13: 9780571176120
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96