Editing David Hare (playwright) (section)

=== 2000s ===
In 2001, Hare wrote ''[[My Zinc Bed (play)|My Zinc Bed]]'', which premiered at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] starring [[Tom Wilkinson]], [[Julia Ormond]], and [[Steven Mackintosh]]. The play was adapted into a [[My Zinc Bed (film)|television film of the same name]] in 2008. The play received the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play]] nomination, Hare's eighth Olivier Award nomination. The following year Hare wrote the screenplay for ''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]'' (2002) adapted from the [[Michael Cunningham]] [[The Hours (novel)|book of the same name]]. The film starred an ensemble cast that included [[Meryl Streep]], [[Julianne Moore]], and [[Nicole Kidman]] as women from three different time periods struggling against adversity. Hare received the [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]] nomination as well as [[BAFTA Award]], [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

In 2008, he adapted [[Bernhard Schlink]]'s [[The Reader|1995 novel]] into [[Stephen Daldry]]'s film ''[[The Reader (2008 film)|The Reader]]'' starring [[Kate Winslet]] and [[Ralph Fiennes]]. The film focuses on a romance in the 1950s between a teenaged boy and an older woman who is later discovered to have been a [[Nazi]] guard and is on trial for committing [[war crimes]] during the [[Holocaust]]. The film was well reviewed and earned Hare his second [[Academy Award]] nomination. He also received BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.studiobabelsberg.com/en/corporate/press-news/details/news/der-vorleser-fuer-vier-golden-globes-nominiert-deutschlandpremiere-auf-der-berlinale-2009/|title="The Reader" Nominated for Four Golden Globes – German Premiere at Berlinale 2009|website=Studio Babelsberg|date=12 December 2008|access-date=28 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2009/film/adapted-screenplay|title= Adapted Screenplay in 2009 {{!}} Nominees|website=BAFTA|date=2009}}</ref>