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Abstract
This thesis studies the political theatre of the British dramatist David Hare. It examines some of the aspects that distinguish his theatrical experiments as well as his way of writing. It focuses mainly on some of his history plays and how the historical subject matters of these plays urge the playwright to employ some Brechtian techniques and devices in spite of himself. Whether he denies any connection with Brecht or not, the connection is right there in his plays speaking of itself quite well. In addition, these plays show his interest in documentary theatre and verbatim as one of its major techniques. However, this interest does not diminish his talent as a creative playwright who uses imagination a lot in his work. References are made to the real life stories and events that he uses in his plays and comparisons are drawn to show how accurate he is in dealing with these matters. This study is concerned with three history plays of David Hare’s. Specifically, these plays are Plenty(1978), The Absence of War(1993), and Stuff Happens(2004). The choice of these plays is because they have something in common that is history. This choice is intended in order to detect the playwright’s development in terms of his choice of subject matters and technicalities by representing different stages of his playwriting career. The first stage is during the 70s, the second one detects the late 80s early 90s, and finally a shift is made to his post-millennial achievement. This thesis falls into four chapters and a conclusion. Firstly, chapter one is an introduction. It gives a brief account of the political theatre of David Hare with different examples from his plays. Secondly, chapter two gives a detailed analysis of his play Plenty within the Brechtian Epic framework. Thirdly, chapter three deals with Hare’s The Absence of War as a political allegory reflecting a specific era in the British history. Fourthly, chapter four demonstrates the documentary features as well as the epic ones of the dramatist’s play Stuff Happens. Finally, the conclusion summarizes the main points covered by the researcher in her study.