The play that changed my life: 'Sarcophagus dealt with Chornobyl as a symptom of corruption in Russia'
Vladimir Gubarev's tragic satire about the response to the nuclear disaster transfixed audiences and showed the absolute necessity of theatre I was pregnant when the terrifying radiation clouds came over Europe after the Chornobyl disaster. My interest was much greater as a result. I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company as a director at the time, and they had asked me to find a contemporary play for the next London s…