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David Hare Quotes

British playwright, screenwriter and theatre and film director (1947- )

Sir David Hare (born 5 June 1947) is an English playwright and stage director who has also worked as a screenwriter and film director, winning a BAFTA TV Award for Licking Hitler (1979) and being nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

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