Artist-in-residence David Hare | The New School for Drama

Hare met with student playwrights and others to speak about his experience writing and directing for different mediums. Hare was recently named by the Sunday Times as one of the 50 most influential Britons of the last 50 years. He is author of 28 plays for the stage, sixteen of which have been presented at the National Theatre in London. Hare was awarded the BAFTA Award in 1979 for Best Single Play for Licking Hitler, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1983 for Best Foreign Play for Plenty, the Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear in 1985 for Wetherby, the Laurence Olivier Award in 1990 for Best New Play forRacing Demon, the London Theatre Critics' Award in 1990 for Best Play for Racing Demon, and the Drama Desk Award in 1999 for Outstanding One-Person Show for Via Dolorosa. He was knighted in 1998.
The New School for Drama's Artist-in-Residence series is a centerpiece of the program's hands-on, project-based educational method, which gives students direct access to New York's global theater scene. Past Artists-in-Residence have included including Kathleen Chalfant (2011-2012), Joe Mantello (2010-2011), and Jon Robin Baitz (2009-2010).
The New School For Drama is a division of The New School, a university in New York City offering intensive training programs in all aspects of the craft of acting, playwriting, and directing, and includes some of the finest theater professionals in the United States. | www.newschool.edu/drama/

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He looks like he could be Colin firth’s father or brother!