Jack Thorne’s baby son was a key influence on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. So it was a big day when he was old enough to see it with the playwright for the first time A few weeks ago…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMThe Motive and the Cue depicts John Gielgud’s struggle to direct Richard Burton in Hamlet on Broadway. Its writer describes the task of putting his words into such celebrated mouths I have…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMWhen the playwright was asked to adapt Georg Büchner’s fragmented masterpiece he screamed inside. He explains how he got to the soul of the playGeorg Büchner’s Woyzeck is a triumphant …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMJunk playgrounds had sheer drops, death-defying rope swings and were always being set on fire. The playwright explains why he has written a show about these chaotic spaces and the kids who b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMEveryone told me to do something else but I persevered as a playwright thanks to Simon Stephens, who said every writer has a myth. It’s puzzled me ever since… • Mark Lawson meets Jack …
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