Roger Lewis

Keeping yourself angry, the Hare way: We Travelled, by David Hare, reviewed

This collection of essays and poems demonstrates how the playwright holds on to his outrage

David Hare at the Almeida Theatre in 1999. Credit: David Levenson/Getty Images 
issue 14 August 2021

A character in David Hare’s Skylight claims she has at last found contentment by no longer opening newspapers or watching television. ‘Well,’ says her astounded interlocutor, ‘you’re missing what’s happening. You’re missing reality.’

Hare himself can never be accused of missing (or missing out on) the reality of what is happening.

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