All comedy is funny because it tells us truths that we recognise through laughter, but that doesn't mean it can't be unnerving. Think of 'Fawlty Towers'; it can be very, very dark, but by God, it's funny. The two things… — David Farr Copy Share Image
Comedy is good at analysing and dealing with evil because it doesn't present it as evil but a collection of banalities. — David Farr Copy Share Image
Most Robin Hood stories are not very exciting. There are not a lot of surprises. — David Farr Copy Share Image
Sometimes we don't want to be lectured; we prefer to be taken on a journey. — David Farr Copy Share Image
I think Le Carre is a great modernist writer, which is to say, in a godless world, he invokes deep, almost religious ideas of… — David Farr Copy Share Image
To try to convey literally what the Garden of Eden was like is meaningless. What matters is its symbolic function. — David Farr Copy Share Image
We don't live in vacuums; we do care about the world, and we do want to believe our country is doing the right thing… — David Farr Copy Share Image
The 'Ramayana' explores the limits of secular freedom and the limits of religion. — David Farr Copy Share Image
The forest has always been a place, in fairy tales and in Shakespeare, where you go and discover who you are. You get stripped… — David Farr Copy Share Image
The 'Mahabharata' is a more complex and longer saga than the 'Ramayana,' which is like a fairy tale. It's much lighter and more fun,… — David Farr Copy Share Image
I always just read the play and find a world. That world must honour the play, enhance it, and maybe shine some new light… — David Farr Copy Share Image
