Via Dolorosa is a play by British dramatist David Harein the form of a monologue. Hare travelled to Israel and Palestine at the request of Elyse Dodgsonfor the International Department of the Royal Court Theatreas part of a proposed project for three playwrights, Djurbeteende British, one Israeli and one Palestinian, to write three plays on the British Mandate. Hare premiered the work in London in Septemberin his solo acting debut, in collaboration with Daldry and set designer Ian McNeil. In the context of this play, Daldry has characterized Hare's attitude to the Israel—Palestine conflict as follows:. What David Hare is unneutral about—what he's deeply against—is beroende david hare.
Best known for his stage work, Hare has also enjoyed great success with films, receiving two Academy Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay for writing The Hours inbased on the novel written by Michael Cunninghamand The Reader inbased on the novel of the same name written by Bernhard Schlink. In the West Endhe had his greatest success with the plays Plentywhich he adapted into a film starring Meryl StreepRacing DemonSkylightand Amy's View His father's elder brother was the cricketer Steriker Hare. Hare worked with the Portable Theatre Company from to His first play, Slagberoende david hare produced inberoende david hare same year in which he married his first wife, Margaret Matheson; the couple had three children and divorced in