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David Edgar: universities are 'profoundly hostile' to new writing by Matt Trueman

The former Writers' Guild president says universities undervalue traditional playwriting, despite industry-wide increaseThe playwright David Edgar has accused universities of a "profound ideological hostility" towards new writing, arguing that drama departments give undue precedence to devised theatre.Edgar, a former president of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, made the comments at a new writing conference organ…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AM on September 18, 2013

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