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Howard Barker
British
Playwright
About the author
I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre.
Howard Barker,
British
Playwright
#Language
#Shakespeare
#Theatre
I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.
Howard Barker,
British
Playwright
#Value
I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.
Howard Barker,
British
Playwright
#Work
#World
#Being
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
Howard Barker,
British
Playwright
#Rejection
#Theatre
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
Howard Barker,
British
Playwright
#Want
#Writers
#Theatre
#Secrets
When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.
Howard Barker,
British
Playwright
#Light
#Behavior
#Giving
#Theatre