And the whole idea of setting up the Royal Court was to create a theatre that would be dedicated to playwriting. The Royal Court continues to pursue this idea. For us the word is the basic source. I believe that we have a play and our task is to convey it to the audience with maximum efficiency. I don't think directing is a very creative profession.
Creative directors become playwrights.
The theatre, dominated by directors, must be destroyed. It's rotten all through and cannot create. I don't quite agree with my British colleagues when they talk about verbatim. He had met with people, listened to their evidence and derived a kind of impression that became the basis for the text. The result was a real play and I don't really care whether it is documentary or not.