Skylight: A Play

by David Hare

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571176127
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.3" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

A new direction for David Hare, and a marvelous success.

After writing "The Secret Rapture," his indictment of complacency in Thatcherite Britain, and his trilogy of plays on British institutions, David Hare understandably needed a break from writing political theatre. His next play, "Skylight," defied expectations and marked a new phase in Hare's career. Unlike the political plays that precede it, "Skylight" is, to use its author's terminology, a Jim and Tim play: two main characters discuss their lives, their feelings and their relationships, and if any broad themes are to be gleaned it is the role of the viewer and not the playwright. Hare's play is a standalone masterpiece of chamber theatre, and, when compared with his other work, it is even more astounding.