Hare Apparent A new book shares a pilgrim's progress of performing.(Review) (book review)

ACTING UP, A DIARY

by David Hare, Faber and Faber, London and New York.

277 pp, $14 paper.

HUBRIS, AS ANY UNDERGRADuate can tell you, was Oedipus's tragic flaw. More than mere pride, hubris implies a self-destructive blindness. But after reading David Hare's diary, Acting Up, one suspects that hubris may be better than any Master's degree for advancing an artist's career. Chronicling the rehearsals and performances of his one-man show Via Dolorosa, the book is a warts-and-all account of a writer s temporary change of job description, as well as his conceits, credos, ...

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