To mark the launch of the 2013 Edinburgh fringe, playwright Mark Ravenhill delivered a hard-hitting speech about politics, austerity, creativity " and speculating what might happen to artists in a world without public funding. Here's the full, unedited textYesterday I woke up, checked my Facebook feed first off as I always do and read this status update from a young playwright:Dreamed I was arriving at a dinner with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AM on August 3, 2013