David Hare Criticism: Further Reading

Gelb, Hal, “Theater,” Nation (2 November 1992): 518-20. (Offers a positive assessment of A Map of the World, though finds fault in the play's Los Angeles production.)

Homden, Carol, “The Best Lack All Conviction,” Times Literary Supplement (15 October 1993): 16. (Offers an overview and analysis of Hare's trilogy—The Absence of War, Racing Demon, and Murmuring Judges.)

King, Robert L., “Recent Drama,” Massachusetts Review XXXI, Nos. 1-2 (Spring-Summer 1990): 273-86. (An unfavorable review of The Secret Rapture.)

King, Robert L., “Recent Drama,” Massachusetts Review XXXII, No. 1 (Spring 1991): 147-60. (A positive review of Racing Demon.)

Kroll, Jack, “In a Land without Pity,” Newsweek (15 March 1999): 70. (A positive review of Via Dolorosa.)

Miller, Barry X., Review of Acting Up, Library Journal (1 November 1999): 84. (Offers a positive assessment of Acting Up.)

Morris, Frances, “Underpinnings,” Times Literary Supplement (30 March-5 April 1990): 347. (Offers an unfavorable assessment of Strapless.)

Oliva, Judy Lee, Review of The Secret Rapture, Theatre Journal 43, No. 4 (December 1991): 535-36. (Offers a positive assessment of The Secret Rapture and the Chicago production of the play at the Steppenwolf Theatre.)

Steyn, Mark, “Oscar Nominations,” New Criterion 16, No. 10 (June 1998): 45-9. (Steyn comments on recent dramatizations of Oscar Wilde's life and offers a negative evaluation of The Judas Kiss.)

Turner, John, “Ritual Confrontation,” Times Literary Supplement (9 June 1989): 638. (Offers a tempered approval for the film version of Paris by Night.)

Wolf, Matt, “The Prime of David Hare,” American Theatre 16, No. 1 (January 1999): 64-6. (Discusses the critical and commercial success of Hare's plays during the 1990s.)

Zeifman, Hersh, ed., David Hare: A Casebook, New York: Garland Publishing, 1994, 254 p. (A book-length collection of critical essays on Hare's dramatic works.)

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