Theatre is a bastard form. I'm always proud of that. That's what makes it taste of life.
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'Fall Of A City' aims to convey, in all its emotional richness, the effects of war and the toll taken on city and family by the horrors of siege.
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I was very struck by the fact that Robin Hood became increasingly taken over by the middle and upper classes. He starts out a bandit but becomes a fully fledged aristocrat.
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Write first, worry later.
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You can't cast Hittites as Trojans; I'd love to do it, but sadly, there are none available!
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The world in the '90s had seemed somewhat stable. There was talk of the end of history, a calm consensus around where we were all going. Consumer capitalism with some sort of social conscience. Then 9/11 happened, and that illusion was blown out of the water.
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I think, for any writer, when you write, you just write.
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There's nothing more frightening - and exciting - than getting lost in a forest. There is a journey towards the light, and you've got to go through the dark to get to the light. That's what the forest is all about.
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We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing on our behalf.
