theartsdesk Q&A: Writer Sir Ronald Harwood
Success can be a terrible burden. Wonderful while it lasts, once the applause has petered out, the looks have faded and the fame has dwindled, what do the stars of yesteryear have to live for? It's the question asked by Ronald Harwood in Quartet. Harwood's hymn to seniority started out as a play in 1999, but has now been made into a film and, true to its message that age should not be allowed to wither us, it feature…