The Subtext: John Patrick Shanley’s Dreams and Schemes
This month Brian talks to the author of ‘Doubt’ and ‘Moonstruck’ about the struggles of his early years and the hard-won wisdom of his later ones.
All Stories About John Patrick Shanley
Conor McPherson Searches for God in ‘The Night Alive’
The Irish playwright talks about the ‘supernaturalism of the everyday,’ and about structure and ghosts and Dickens.
Power to the Actor
Great actors in the full sway of their passions are likely to be more persuasive conduits to the interior of plays than the arbitrary, decorative conceptions of postmodernist directors.
