Racing Demon by David Hare - the first part of Hare's famous trilogy, along with Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War - is an exploration of four clergymen in the attempt to make sense of their mission.
David Hare is one of Britain's most internationally performed playwrights. Born in Sussex in 1947, he had a long association with Britain's National Theatre, which produced eleven of his plays successively between 1978 and 1997. A trilogy about the church, the law and the Labour Party - Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges and The Absence of War - was presented in repertory at the Olivier Theatre in 1993. Nine of his best-known plays, including Plenty, The Secret Rapture, Skylight, The Blue Room, Amy's View, The Judas Kiss and Via Dolorosa - in which he performed - have also been performed on Broadway. David Hare's most recent play, The Breath of Life, premi red at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, in October 2002.
"Racing Demon emerges as Hare's compassionate study of the eternal battle between the individual conscience and the institution." --Guardian
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