Film is a collaborative business: bend over.
The correct unit of study is not the play; it is the scene.
Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.
Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***.
I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.
The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not about theme, it's not about ideas, it's not about setting, but what the protagonist wants.