David Hare is the author or adapter of more than twenty stage plays and a number of screenplays. Some of his best known and most popular plays include Plenty (1978), The Secret Rapture (1988), and his trilogy of plays about social institutions in Great Britain, Racing Demon (for which he earned both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award following its production in 1990), Murmuring Judges (1991), and The Absence of War (1992).

Besides writing plays, David Hare is also an accomplished screenwriter, director, and essayist. Writing Left-Handed is a collection of his essays that have appeared in newspapers, playbills, and anthologies over the years. The book includes the playwright's insights into his craft, as well as his perspectives on theatre history in Great Britain, and his opinions about a variety of contemporary political issues.

Various versions of Arthur Schnitzler's original series of dialogues that...