Joe Penhall

دیالوگ‌ها با اینکه ترجمه‌ش رو خوندم بسیار خوب و قوی بود اما خود داستان معمولی! من رو تا حدی یاد اولئانای دیوید ممت می‌انداخت.

Saw the Young Vic production, the kind of play that fizzes with ideas bringing in concepts of linguistics, mental health, race and typical office politics. Frequently hilarious, sometimes shocking - the tone shifts beautifully throughout. Also, David Haig is a national treasure.

I read this book and then heard the author speak at the Southbank. It was a good play. He irritated me, because while explaining why he wrote the book, he seemed to assume that someone else had to speak for those with mental illness to describe their situation, because they are disabled. What about Virginia Woolfe, for God's sake?

I saw the London production with Bill Nighy as the consultant and it was superb. This is a play that requires great actors who work off each other's motivations, and that ain't easy. I also saw a poor production in Seattle a year later.