"Like John Osborne a generation earlier, Hare is a significant British playwright who rails passionately against a stultifying social situation he also defends....Donesky places the plays in the social context of England with remarkable thoroughness and shows how Hare's characters move from identification with a moral consensus experienced duting WW II, to a more personal concern with 'soul' during the ascendancy of Prime Minister Thatcher, to a role in preserving the key British institutions of church, law, and government....The writing dealing with Hare and his time is exemplary...Donesky has produced a first-rate critical examination of an important playwright."
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Like John Osborne a generation earlier, Hare is a significant British playwright who rails passionately against a stultifying social situation he also defends....Donesky places the plays in the social context of England with remarkable thoroughness and shows how Hare's characters move from identification with a moral consensus experienced duting WW II, to a more personal concern with 'soul' during the ascendancy of Prime Minister Thatcher, to a role in preserving the key British institutions of church, law, and government....The writing dealing with Hare and his time is exemplary...Donesky has produced a first-rate critical examination of an important playwright.
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