No more Shakespeare?
Miranda Sawyer wants to ban Shakespaereare for a bit:
“…We should be brave enough to go a year without Shakespeare: to ban him from our theatres for just 365 days, just to see what else is out there, what other plays are worth digging up, or commissioning, or reinterpreting. While we’re at it, let’s ban Jane Austen, the Brontes and the Tudors. Let’s see who we are without relying on our old props. Even if we don’t come up with anything, if all that happens is a year’s relief from all that ‘theat-ah’ overacting, or those crinny-pinny TV dramas, that’ll be all right by me…”
Strangely, this casting out of old plays is similar to what the Monsterists would like (see earlier posts). They ask for as many new plays as old plays and for new plays to be given the same resource and respect…
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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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