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by David Hare

Author: David Hare
Publisher: Faber (1978)
Language: English
Pages: 87
ePub: 1264 kb
Fb2: 1328 kb
Rating: 4.6
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Plenty is a play by David Hare, first performed in 1978, about British post-war disillusion.
Plenty is a play by David Hare, first performed in 1978, about British post-war disillusion. Hare's inspiration for Plenty came from the fact that 75 per cent of the women engaged in wartime SOE operations divorced in the immediate post-war years; the title is derived from the idea that the post-war era would be a time of "plenty", which proved untrue for most of England.
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Все продавцы . Plenty. Результаты поиска по книге. Probably Hare's best play, showing through the disillusionment of a female SoE agent how the fine clear morality of WWII descended in the 1940s and 1950s into compromises and dishonesty in English.
David Hare was born in Sussex, England in 1947. His first play, Slag, was produced in 1970. In 1982, Hare founded a film company, Greenpoint Films. He has written several screenplays including Plenty (1985), Weatherby (1985), Strapless (1989), and Damage (1992)
David Hare was born in Sussex, England in 1947. His other works include Plenty (1978), A Map of the World (1983), and Pravda (1985). 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.
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An introduction to Plenty by David Hare. Plenty Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections: Introduction. Learn about the book and the historical context in which it was written.
David Hare's first full-length play was produced in 1970. Since then he has written over thirty stage plays and twenty-five 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 and The Moderate Soprano.
This play ran at the National Theatre, London, throughout 1978 and the New York production in the autumn of 1982 was equally well received
This play ran at the National Theatre, London, throughout 1978 and the New York production in the autumn of 1982 was equally well received. In counterpointing the experiences of an Englishwoman helping the French Resistance during the war with her life in the following twenty years, the author offers a unique view of postwar history, as well as making a powerful statement about changing values and the collapse of ideals embodied in a single life
Hong plays character Alice Park, David plays Raymond Brock and Lesley plays Susan Traherne at Plenty .
Hong plays character Alice Park, David plays Raymond Brock and Lesley plays Susan Traherne at Plenty (Scene ) in City Lit. It is about a young Englishwoman spends 20 years to make whatever kind of life for herself at the expense of others around her in post-World War 2 England.
Plenty is also a major film produced by Edward R. Pressman and Joseph Papp with Mark Seiler as Executive Producer, and directed by Fred Schepisi from a screenplay by David Hare. The cast, headed by double Oscar-winner Meryl Streep, includes Charles Dance, Tracy Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting, Ian McKellen and Sam Neill.