Is new writing becoming increasingly literary? Recently, some of the language being used by younger playwrights seems to me to be becoming too subtle, something to be savoured on the page rather than strongly felt in a live performance. Certainly, this is true of Ava Wong Davies' Graceland, which won the 2022 Ambassador Theatre Group Playwright's Prize, having been developed as part of an Introduction to Playwriting …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM on February 20, 2023