title: The Hours: A Screenplay
author: David Hare
description: David Hare is one of Britain's most internationally performed playwrights. Nine of his plays have been presented on Broadway, including Plenty, Skylight, The Blue Room, Amy's View, and Via Dolorosa, in which he also performed. He is currently writing the film of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, and his new play The Breath of Life, with Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, opens in London in October 2002.
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  # Manhattan
  
  
  ### A Happy Hour Series Standalone
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Kristen Hope Mazzola
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0002.html#1T140-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](part0003.html#2RHM0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0006.html#5N3C0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0007.html#6LJU0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0008.html#7K4G0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0009.html#8IL20-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0010.html#9H5K0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0011.html#AFM60-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0012.html#BE6O0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0013.html#CCNA0-8569592b795a40e1b5a43331faba47f1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](p