A young man's game
Interesting dialogue, serious stuff ... :
In The Guardian ... (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1667590,00.html) Guild Theatre Committee Chair, David James, is talking about David Mamet's argument (http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/artsandentertainment/story/0,,1663785,00.html) that "Playwrighting is a young man's game."
The purpose of theatre is to illuminate people's lives, to bring a mirror to our own experience, our society and our reaction to that society - often to our discomfort. And that self-examination should never stop. It is as necessary at 80 as it is at 20. Of course young talent must be nurtured, but there must also be a place for the writer of life experience, maturity and wisdom, who burns to communicate his or her own prejudices of anger, outrage and heartbreak.
In The Guardian ... (http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1667590,00.html) Guild Theatre Committee Chair, David James, is talking about David Mamet's argument (http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/artsandentertainment/story/0,,1663785,00.html) that "Playwrighting is a young man's game."
The purpose of theatre is to illuminate people's lives, to bring a mirror to our own experience, our society and our reaction to that society - often to our discomfort. And that self-examination should never stop. It is as necessary at 80 as it is at 20. Of course young talent must be nurtured, but there must also be a place for the writer of life experience, maturity and wisdom, who burns to communicate his or her own prejudices of anger, outrage and heartbreak.
posted by Einar Thor at
4:15 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home