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'You don't have to be invited " you do it': Beth Steel on her working-class family epic by Arifa Akbar

The playwright reflects on the importance of difficult conversations, putting female characters centre-stage and reading a Greek tragedy a day to write The House of Shades In 2016, Beth Steel was in rehearsals for her play Labyrinth at Hampstead theatre when the EU referendum result was announced. People around her were surprised by the outcome. Steel wasn't. "I was fascinated by how shocked they were. My entire fami…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM on April 26, 2022

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