They really love his writing. He is taught widely at universities around the world. But for playwright Peter Barnes, having a major play in the West End is winning enough. Gerard Murphy heads a strong cast, directed with panache by Matthew Lloyd. Writers dream of scoring it big in Hollywood for the cudos, on US TV for the money and in the theatre for the prestige.
Writing is a job, certainly writing for Hollywood is craft work.
There is no waiting for the inspiration to hit. There is no writing from the soul. When I am writing Hollywood scripts if I put in anything personal, I know that is the first thing the producers will cut out. I was once at a Hollywood party in Malibu. A real Hollywood party.