{"product_id":"amys-view-a-play-9780571191796","title":"Amy's View: A Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e1979. Esme Allen is a well-known West End actress at just the moment when the West End is ceasing to offer actors a regular way of life. The visit of her young daughter, Amy, with a new boyfriend sets in train a series of events which only find their shape sixteen years later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Hare's new play, which mixes love, death, and the theatre in a heady and original way, was sold out at the National Theatre, and transferred to the West End in January 1998. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the definitive version of \u003ci\u003eAmy's View\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Hare \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Sussex, England in 1947. His first play, \u003ci\u003eSlag\u003c\/i\u003e, was produced in 1970. His other works include\u003ci\u003e Plenty\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), \u003ci\u003eA Map of the World\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), and \u003ci\u003ePravda \u003c\/i\u003e(1985). A founder of the Portable Theatre and the Joint Stock, he became resident dramatist and literary manager of the Royal Court Theatre, London (1967-71), and at the Nottingham Playhouse (1973). Until recently, Hare served as director of the National Theatre, London. In 1982, Hare founded a film company, Greenpoint Films. He has written several screenplays including \u003ci\u003ePlenty \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), \u003ci\u003eWeatherby\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eStrapless\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), and \u003ci\u003eDamage\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). Several of his best-known plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Rapture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Racing Demon, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSkylight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Judas Kiss\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Via Dolorosa \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAmy's View\u003c\/i\u003e have been presented on Broadway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523678540050,"sku":"9780571191796","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9d31f17-a8a2-4ca7-ab5b-61b1b5e3f5f4.jpg?v=1731161347","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/amys-view-a-play-9780571191796","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}