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What is the author's style in Plenty by David Hare?

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Hare breaks with traditional approaches to drama and thus his work can be considered unconventional. In particular, Plenty's plot is considered a departure from standard dramatic narrative. Hare's plot does not follow a linear development that progresses from a beginning through a middle to an end.

Plenty is also considered unconventional in its liberal use of cinematic techniques such as flashbacks, quick scene changes that approximate film editing styles, and concise dialogue. While the play earned its share of criticism for appropriating such methods (many theater critics looked down on film as a bastardization of traditional drama), it also made Plenty appealing to a generation of theater goers who had become familiar with cinematic vocabulary.

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