The Truth Has Got To Appear Plausible

Fifteen Years Ago I Walked Out Of A Production Of One Of My Plays At The Rsc Because I Decided It Was A Waste Of Time.

When Humanness Is Lost The Radical Difference Between The Bodies In The Pit And People Walking On The Street Is Lost.

The Truth Has Got To Appear Plausible On The Stage

I Write About Violence As Naturally As Jane Austen Wrote About Manners. Violence Shapes And Obsesses Our Society, And If We Do Not Stop Being Violent We Have No Future.

What Shakespeare And The Greeks Were Able To Do Was Radically Question What It Meant To Be A Human Being.