Racing Demon (play)

Racing Demon
Cottesloe, National Theatre window card, 1990
Written by	David Hare
Date premiered	1990
Place premiered	Cottesloe, National Theatre London England
Original language	English
Series	Racing Demon Murmuring Judges The Absence of War
Subject	Clergymen struggle to make sense of their mission
Genre	Drama
Setting	1980s; South London

Racing Demon is a 1990 play by English playwright David Hare. Part of a trio of plays about British institutions, it focuses on the Church of England, and tackles issues such as gay ordination, and the role of evangelism in inner-city communities. The play debuted at the National Theatre.

Awards and nominations

Awards

1990 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

Nominations

1996 Tony Award for Best Play

References

Hare, David (1990). Racing Demon: A Play (First ed.). London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 0-573-11369-6.

External links

Racing Demon at the Internet Broadway Database
Racing Demon at the Internet Broadway Database

Works of David Hare

Stage plays

Drama	Slag Teeth 'n' Smiles Plenty Pravda The Secret Rapture Skylight Amy's View The Judas Kiss My Zinc Bed The Breath of Life The Vertical Hour Gethsemane South Downs The Moderate Soprano

Trilogy	Racing Demon Murmuring Judges The Absence of War

Collaborations / adaptations	Pravda The Blue Room

Monologues	Via Dolorosa Berlin Wall

Verbatim theatre	The Permanent Way Stuff Happens The Power of Yes

TV, film
and radio

Writer

Adaptations of own plays	Plenty (film) The Secret Rapture (film) My Zinc Bed (TV film)

New work	Wetherby (film) Damage (film) The Hours (film) The Corrections (film) Murder in Samarkand (film / radio) The Reader (film) Denial (film)

Writer/director

Licking Hitler (TV)
Strapless (film)
Page Eight (film)
Turks & Caicos (film)
Salting the Battlefield (film)

Director

The Designated Mourner (film)
The Year of Magical Thinking (musical play)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play (1976–2000)

Dear Daddy (1976) The Fire that Consumes (1977) Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1978) Betrayal (1979) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980) Children of a Lesser God (1981) Another Country (1982) Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) Benefactors (1984) Red Noses (1985) Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1986) Serious Money (1987) Our Country's Good (1988) Racing Demon (1989/1990) Dancing at Lughnasa (1991) Death and the Maiden (1992) Six Degrees of Separation (1993) Arcadia (1994) Broken Glass (1995) Skylight (1996) Stanley (1997) Closer (1998) The Weir (1999) Goodnight Children Everywhere (2000)

Complete list (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

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