A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

Tragedy is the greatest art form of all. It gives us the courage to continue with our life by exposing us to the pain of life. It is unsentimental, it takes us seriously as human beings, it is not condescending. Paradoxically, by seeing pain we are made greater, it becomes a need.

When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.

I’ve often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently.

You emerge from tragedy equipped against lies. After the musical, you're anybody's fool