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Playwright David Hare discusses his new memoir with Matthew Sweet. Hare explains how he became a writer and the high price he and those around him paid for that decision.

David Hare, one of Britain's leading playwrights, discusses his new memoir, 'The Blue Touch Paper', with Matthew Sweet. When the National Theatre published its poll of the hundred best plays of the 20th century, David Hare had written five of them. He explains how he became a writer and the high price he and those around him paid for that decision.

Recorded in front of an audience at the Royal College of Music.

20 minutes

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  • Fri 4 Sep 2015 20:10

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