'First read-throughs have magic': Simon Stephens on Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle
The playwright describes the first day of rehearsal of a new play produced by a new companyAll theatre workers have a day that they dread. For actors there is a particular terror about a first preview that can fuel those performances with adrenaline. For playwrights - well, for me at least - it is the first time a play is ever read out loud by a company of actors. This never fails to shred me. I had been working as a…