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Post by Jan on Oct 12, 2024 19:05:29 GMT
The same problems as Here In America. He should gracefully retire, no one of 76 has written a good play. That's a challenge. I would say Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt, put on when he was 83, is a very good play. Can't think of anything else. Bennett's The History Boys was put on when he was 70, Frayn's Democracy when he was 69, Hare's Straight Line Crazy when he was 75 (he has a new one in Bath next year when he will be 78). Other art forms seem to be more forgiving - Edna O'Brien, Philip Roth, Penelope Fitzgerald, Jane Gardam have all written novels I've loved in their mid to late 70s. There are lots of great paintings painted by old artists. I assume we're going to get a lot more writers giving it a go in the coming years. Yes you are right, it is maybe just that not many playwrights have lived that long. Arthur Miller wrote Broken Glass at 79 and it’s his last decent play. He wrote Finishing The Picture at 89.
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Post by gertrudemcfuzz on Oct 12, 2024 20:19:21 GMT
The show was briefly stopped twice on Friday night during the first act because the lower bank of screens couldn’t be raised properly. They remained stationary for the second act, so I assume this must be a recurring issue.
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Post by kate8 on Oct 14, 2024 14:35:39 GMT
The same problems as Here In America then. He should gracefully retire, no one of 76 has written a good play. That’s a sweeping generalisation. Caryl Churchill was around that age when she wrote Escaped Alone, which is one of her best IMO. Howard Brenton is also still writing in his 80s and got decent reviews for Cancelling Socrates at JST a couple of years ago.
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Post by Jan on Oct 14, 2024 14:51:54 GMT
That’s a sweeping generalisation. Caryl Churchill was around that age when she wrote Escaped Alone, which is one of her best IMO. Howard Brenton is also still writing in his 80s and got decent reviews for Cancelling Socrates at JST a couple of years ago. Howard Brenton, whose plays I never much rated in the 1980s and 90s when I still went to new plays, has a new play on at the Orange Tree next year - maybe I’ll give him another chance.
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