June 8
“Every real political play,” says Peter Brook, “contains not only vibrant criticism of a ghastly situation. It’s only complete if, at the same time, it evokes the possibility of something worth living for.” Read the full interview—in which the famed director takes questions from British theatre artists—in today’s Guardian.
Michael Coveney writes in this week’s New Statesman that “it is clear that British theatre has at least recovered one of its prime sources of power: the ability to upset the apple-cart and irritate the authorities as well as religious fanatics and fundamentalists.” He just wonders how long it can last.
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