Skylight

Skylight premiered at the National Theatre in 1995 and then went on to become one of the most internationally successful plays of recent years. This is the definitive edition of Skylight.

About the Author :
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.

Review :
"The play of the decade."--"Spectator" "A magnificent chamber play by one of the few major playwrights in our language. Quite unlike his "social" trilogy ["Racing Demon," "Murmuring Judges," "The Absence of War"], Hare is here dealing with gentler matters of life, love and circumstance..."Skylight" might well one day take its place among the small, residual handful of "fin de siecle" classics."--"New York Post""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 palpable. This is because it can sense that what is happening on the stage is both thrilling and dangerous: a fight to the death, or the dawning of salvation. David Hare's new play, "Skylight," is punctuated by such moments. They are the signs that a dramatist of the first rank is writing at full stretch, in complete command of his material, undogmatic and unafraid, unforgiving but compassionate."--"Sunday Times" "The play of the decade." --Spectator "A magnificent chamber play by one of the few major playwrights in our language. Quite unlike his "social" trilogy [Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War], Hare is here dealing with gentler matters of life, love and circumstance...Skylight might well one day take its place among the small, residual handful of fin de siecle classics." --New York Post "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 palpable. This is because it can sense that what is happening on the stage is both thrilling and dangerous: a fight to the death, or the dawning of salvation. David Hare's new play, Skylight, is punctuated by such moments. They are the signs that a dramatist of the first rank is writing at full stretch, in complete command of his material, undogmatic and unafraid, unforgiving but compassionate." --Sunday Times The play of the decade. "Spectator" A magnificent chamber play by one of the few major playwrights in our language. Quite unlike his "social" trilogy ["Racing Demon," "Murmuring Judges," "The Absence of War"], Hare is here dealing with gentler matters of life, love and circumstance..."Skylight" might well one day take its place among the small, residual handful of "fin de siecle" classics. "New York Post" 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 palpable. This is because it can sense that what is happening on the stage is both thrilling and dangerous: a fight to the death, or the dawning of salvation. David Hare's new play, "Skylight," is punctuated by such moments. They are the signs that a dramatist of the first rank is writing at full stretch, in complete command of his material, undogmatic and unafraid, unforgiving but compassionate. "Sunday Times"" "The play of the decade."--"Spectator" "A magnificent chamber play by one of the few major playwrights in our language. Quite unlike his "social" trilogy ["Racing Demon," "Murmuring Judges," "The Absence of War"], Hare is here dealing with gentler matters of life, love and circumstance..."Skylight" might well one day take its place among the small, residual handful of "fin de siecle" classics."--"New York Post" "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 palpable. This is because it can sense that what is happening on the stage is both thrilling and dangerous: a fight to the death, or the dawning of salvation. David Hare's new play, "Skylight," is punctuated by such moments. They are the signs that a dramatist of the first rank is writing at full stretch, in complete command of his material, undogmatic and unafraid, unforgiving but compassionate."--"Sunday Times" "The play of the decade."--"Spectator" "A magnificent chamber play by one of the few major playwrights in our language. Quite unlike his "social" trilogy ["Racing Demon", "Murmuring Judges", "The Absence of War"], Hare is here dealing with gentler matters of life, love and circumstance..."Skylight" might well one day take its place among the small, residual handful of "fin de siecle" classics."--"New York Post" "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 palpable. This is because it can sense that what is happening on the stage is both thrilling and dangerous: a fight to the death, or the dawning of salvation. David Hare's new play, "Skylight", is punctuated by such moments. They are the signs that a dramatist of the first rank is writing at full stretch, in complete command of his material, undogmatic and unafraid, unforgiving but compassionate."--"Sunday Times" "The play of the decade."--"Spectator "A magnificent chamber play by one of the few major playwrights in our language. Quite unlike his "social" trilogy ["Racing Demon, "Murmuring Judges, "The Absence of War], Hare is here dealing with gentler matters of life, love and circumstance..."Skylight might well one day take its place among the small, residual handful of "fin de siecle classics."--"New York Post "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 palpable. This is because it can sense that what is happening on the stage is both thrilling and dangerous: a fight to the death, or the dawning of salvation. David Hare's new play, "Skylight, is punctuated by such moments. They are the signs that a dramatist of the first rank is writing at full stretch, in complete command of his material, undogmatic and unafraid, unforgiving but compassionate."--"Sunday Times