Howard Brenton
He speaks here (link to mp3) to the Guardian on his new play, In Extremis. Background here.
Brenton likes stories about people ahead of their time.
The story was is about Abelard and Heloise, which is not a story I knew a lot about. But they fell in love, they were torn apart by circumstances of the time (Abelard was castrated), both joined the church and were great thinkers and writers.
Their letters are a great work (I haven’t read)
Heloise speaks of losing Abelard: “But if I lose you, what have I left to hope for? Why continue on life’s pilgrimage, for which I have no support but you, and none in you save the knowledge that you are alive, now that I am forbidden all other pleasures in you and denied even the joy of your presence which from time to time could restore me to myself?”
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About me
I'm a playwright and investment analyst. I have a broad range of interests: food, gardening, innovation & intellectual property, sustainability, architecture & design, writing and the arts. I sit on the board of Talawa Theatre Company and advise a CIS investment trust on socially responsible investments.
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Recent Work
Recent plays include, for theatre: Nakamitsu, Yellow Gentlemen, Lost in Peru, Lemon Love. For radio: Places in Between (R4), Patent Breaking Life Saving (WS).
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Nakamitsu
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Yellow Gentlemen
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