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Radio 3,29 Sep 2015,45 mins

David Hare

Free Thinking

Available for over a year

David Hare discusses his career in playwriting and his memoirs with Matthew Sweet. His version of Chekhov's The Seagull opens this week at Chichester Festival Theatre as part of a season devoted to young Chekhov which also includes David Hare's Platonov and Ivanov. The Seagull runs at Chichester Festival Theatre from 28th September to November 14th Ivanov runs from October 1st to November 14th Platonov runs from October 5th to November 14th. The Moderate Soprano opens at Hampstead Theatre on October 23rd. David Hare's Memoir called The Blue Touch Paper is out now. Recorded in front of an audience at the BBC Proms.

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