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In the last 30 years, David Hare has written 12 stage plays, seven screenplays and one opera, and has gained international attention as one of Britain’s major contemporary playwrights.

In David Hare’s greatest play (City Limits) two sisters, Isobel, a serene and good person, and Marion, an ambitious Tory Junior Minister, gather at the home of their late father…

A play in which many of the Church’s tensions, like the internal dissension on matters of doctrine and practice, and the conflict with the government, come to the surface. Four…

Oscar Wilde’s philosophy leads him on a path to destruction. The Judas Kiss describes two pivotal moments: the day Wilde decides to stay in England and face imprisonment, and the…

Counterpointing the experiences of a fiercely intelligent Englishwoman flown into France as a secret agent during the Second World War with her life in the following twenty years, the author…

Though never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New…

A powerful compilation of prose and poetry by one of the distinctive thinkers of our time.