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The only theatre I ever saw was Shakespeare.

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A few friends and me used to go and watch Bunuel, Carne, Cocteau... Cocteau and Bunuel were surrealism. And I was very excited by that. 'Un Chien Andalou', especially.

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My father was a tailor. He worked from seven o'clock in the morning until seven at night. At least when he got home, my mother always cooked him a very good dinner. Lots of potatoes, I remember; he used to knock them down like a dose of salts. He needed it, after a 12-hour day.

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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.

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All I'm saying is that there are many different kinds of political theatre and many plays I greatly admire: 'Antigone,' 'Mother Courage,' 'All My Sons.' But, if I tackle a political theme, I have to do it in my own way.

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Sometimes you feel you have the truth of a moment in your hand, then it slips through your fingers and is lost.

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I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.

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I am absolutely not saying that Milosevic might not be responsible for all sorts of atrocities, but I believe that what's been left out of public debate and the press is that there was a civil war going on there.

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I find the whole Blairish idea more and more repugnant every day. 'New Labour': the term itself is so trashy. Kind of ersatz.

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I certainly feel sad about the alienation from my son.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Dramatist

Born: October 10th, 1930

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