“...I am better Thoughtful Prince than King. Potential holds appeal since in its castle walls One is protected from the awful shame… — Mike Bartlett Castle Copy Share Image
If people are going to spend a night out at the theatre, they don't just want 'good' - we can watch box… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
That's the moment you look for as a writer, when the characters start telling you what they are doing rather than you… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
“Without my voice and spirit I am dust. This is not what I want, but what I must.” — Mike Bartlett Conscience Copy Share Image
The worst thing is where the world people experience before they go into the theatre is far more interesting than what they… — Mike Bartlett Actor Copy Share Image
Most theatre is still really bad. It has to appeal to people who do jobs and have lives. Theatre about theatre is… — Mike Bartlett Actor Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone is boring, actually, if you ask the right questions and look at them the right way. — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
When I can find a story that explores something that I don't know what I think, I've got a play. If I… — Mike Bartlett Communication Copy Share Image
When I was nine, I found a copy of 'Doctor Who: the Making of a Television Series' in the school library. It… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
In Britain, many people love the royal family, and other people don't - but either way, we own them, and we have… — Mike Bartlett Family Copy Share Image
I don't tend to write articles and blogs because, I think, if you went into the theatre knowing that this is the… — Mike Bartlett Game Copy Share Image
You go to a protest, and you've got all these different groups saying things you don't necessarily agree with. If I went… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
The days of print media are numbered. Some papers will be around for a few years, but everyone knows news is going… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
When I got to university, I would read plays and go, 'But these are about the past. Where are the plays that… — Mike Bartlett Books Copy Share Image
Quite a few plays I have written have an implicit critique of capitalism in that, if you follow it through to its… — Mike Bartlett Actor Copy Share Image
I don't care more about '13' because it's in the Olivier than I did about 'Cock' in a 100-seat studio. They both… — Mike Bartlett Actor Copy Share Image
What's great about theater and drama is it thrives on dialogue, and dialogue thrives on people with different points of view fighting… — Mike Bartlett Actor Copy Share Image
One question you ask as a writer or any kind of artist when you start making something is, 'Does this have reason… — Mike Bartlett Art Copy Share Image
I wrote a very bad play about Prince William when I was 23 in which he went off to the island of… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
Where do we invest our trust now? In politicians? Most people would say not. In banks, in religion, in a sense of… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
In the process of writing '13,' friends were asking if I was OK because I was saying things about religion or about… — Mike Bartlett Actor Copy Share Image
I am not entirely off grid. I send a lot of email. But the way Facebook constantly alters its privacy settings to… — Mike Bartlett Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
Theatre tends to be more metaphorical and intense, as you're locked in one room and focused on one thing. Television can hop… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
What I've found is if you get the right characters in the right story and put them in the right setting -… — Mike Bartlett Character Copy Share Image
