Theatre tends to be more metaphorical and intense, as you're locked in one room and focused on one thing. Television can hop around, and you need to invest in its naturalistic reality more. But I love writing both, precisely because… — 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 online. Then… — Mike Bartlett 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 around, and… — 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 an opinion,… — Mike Bartlett 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 sets for… — Mike Bartlett 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
“Without my voice and spirit I am dust. This is not what I want, but what I must.” — 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 - and let… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
“...I am better Thoughtful Prince than King. Potential holds appeal since in its castle walls One is protected from the awful shame Of failure.” — 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 nationhood? In… — Mike Bartlett 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 had a… — Mike Bartlett 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 Iona to… — Mike Bartlett 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 matter because… — Mike Bartlett Copy Share Image
