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Friday, October 20, 2017

Appreciation: Max Stafford-Clark on William Gaskill by Max Stafford-Clark

In Russia, whether in formal post-show discussions or in dinner-table conversations, the first question one is often asked is: “What masters did you study under?” It has been my good for…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PM
Monday, February 8, 2016

Appreciation: Max Stafford-Clark on William Gaskill by Max Stafford-Clark

In Russia, whether in formal post-show discussions or in dinner-table conversations, the first question one is often asked is: “What masters did you study under?” It has been my good for…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PM
Monday, May 25, 2015

Is mainstream theatre politically engaged enough? | The debate by Max Stafford-Clark

Director Max Stafford-Clark and actor/playwright Stephanie Street debate South African writer Athol Fugard's claim that today's theatre does not engage properly with political issues

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PM
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Max Stafford-Clark: how a timid and bullied Arts Council cut my company by Max Stafford-Clark

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Journal of the Plague Year, the director details the profound impact of the government's austerity cutbacksOn 30 March 2011, Arts Council England a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AM
Monday, February 27, 2012

Regional theatres must take risks too – so why isn't the Arts Council helping? by Max Stafford-Clark

There's an easy way to please the Arts Council: sell as many tickets as you can. That isn't the same as challenging audiencesTheatre isn't rocket science. Audiences want what they always wan…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:26AM
Saturday, October 5, 2002

The battle of respectability in English theatre by Max Stafford-Clark

For Goethe, English plays were 'atrocious, absurd and execrable'. But that was before David Garrick came along. Max Stafford-Clark tells how the first modern actor put theatre at the heart o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM

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