RSC's founder defends the company's right to be subsidised, saying 'controversy is the lifeblood of the arts'Director Peter Hall has dismissed complaints about the RSC's revival of Marat/Sade, saying "controversy is the lifeblood of the arts," according to the Independent.Hall, who was the RSC's artistic director at the time of Peter Brook's original production in 1963, continued: "The RSC's first production of Marat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM on September 12, 2017