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The theatre is the best way of showing the gap between what is said and what is seen to be done, and that is why, ragged and gap-toothed as it is, it has still a far healthier potential than some poorer, abandoned arts.
David Hare
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David Hare
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 5
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Theatrical Director
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St Leonards
East Sussex
Sir David Hare
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