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Theatre Quotes by Howard Barker
- I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
- Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.
- I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible…
- We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and…
- When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say…
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