2 David Hare first editions are documented on this shelf, from Plenty (1978) to Pravda (with Howard Brenton) (1985) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that David Hare title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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Plenty — 1978 · Faber & FaberFaber & Faber, London, 1978. Copyright page states 'First published in 1978 by Faber and Faber'; issued in wrappers, with a scarcer hardcover-in-cloth state. Premiered at the Lyttelton, National Theatre, in April 1978. Per Faber convention the first printing carries no later-printing line. UK Faber 1978 is the true first. US editions followed; an early US issue appeared via Nelson Doubleday, and the New American Library/Plume paperback came in 1983. The hardcover-in-cloth state is scarcer than the wrappers issue. Faber 'David Hare Plays' collected volumes and later reissues carrying number lines are not the first. No book-club issue.
Pravda (with Howard Brenton) — 1985 · MethuenMethuen, London, 1985; issued in wrappers, copyright page stating 'First published 1985 by Methuen.' Co-written with Howard Brenton and premiered at the National Theatre in 1985. The first printing carries no later-printing line. UK Methuen 1985 is the true first; a revised edition followed. Confirm first state by the copyright page. The revised edition differs from the 1985 first; later Methuen Modern Classics reissues are not firsts. No book-club issue.

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