Field sits quietly watching his actors prepare. You had a great run the other night. Don't just come with words. That's not enough. The actors listen quietly and then begin, with considerable intensity.
Field watches their performance intently, interrupting only on mild technicalities.
He writes constantly, filling several pages of a notebook. The central character of The Misanthrope is idealistic playwright Alceste, played with raw energy by Mark Constable. Critics, gossip writers, actors and agents all emerge from within The Misanthrope's acid couplets - as if from a rococo version of The Big Chill . Pippa Grandison stands a metre or so in front of the alert Field. I want to party.