Post by Jan on Oct 15, 2017 9:36:00 GMT
Interesting interview with Tom Kempinski in the Times. I only know him for his hit play "Duet for One" which is revived frequently. Just for starters he tells us that the play is nothing whatsoever to do with Jacqeline de Pre - not inspired by her, not drawn from her life, nothing to do with her at all, any similarity purely and genuinely coincidental.
Then comes the startling revelation he's had over 40 of his other plays produced - personally I can't think of one, and as they were all apparently unsuccessful how on earth did he manage to get so many produced ? That's lots more than Sir David Hare and is probably second only to Ayckbourn. Also one of them, produced at the Young Vic in 1991, was called "Sex Please, We're Italian" and starred Helen Mirren - anyone see that ?
Then comes the startling revelation he's had over 40 of his other plays produced - personally I can't think of one, and as they were all apparently unsuccessful how on earth did he manage to get so many produced ? That's lots more than Sir David Hare and is probably second only to Ayckbourn. Also one of them, produced at the Young Vic in 1991, was called "Sex Please, We're Italian" and starred Helen Mirren - anyone see that ?
