At the turn of the century theatre does not have to be prescriptive.

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.

Humanity's become a product and when humanity is a product, you get Auschwitz and you get Chair.

The truth has got to appear plausible on the stage

In the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised.

The one overall structure in my plays is language

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.