Editing David Hare (playwright) (section)

=== Early work ===
Hare worked with the [[Portable Theatre Company]] from 1968 to 1971. His first play, ''[[Slag (play)|Slag]]'', was produced in 1970, the same year in which he married his first wife, Margaret Matheson; the couple had three children and divorced in 1980. He was Resident Dramatist at the [[Royal Court Theatre]], London, from 1970 to 1971, and in 1973 became resident dramatist at the [[Nottingham Playhouse]]. He co-founded the [[Joint Stock Theatre Company]] with [[David Aukin]] and [[Max Stafford-Clark]] in 1975. Hare's play ''[[Plenty (play)|Plenty]]'' was produced at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 1978. 
Aside from films, he has also written teleplays such as, for the BBC,  ''[[Licking Hitler]]'' (1978), and, for Thames Television, ''[[Saigon: Year of the Cat]]'' (1983).<ref name=Encyclopedia.com>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/english-literature-20th-cent-present-biographies/david-hare "Hare, David 1947-"], ''[[Encyclopedia.com]].</ref>