Getting Better Acquainted

In GBA 129 we get better acquainted with John. He talks playwriting and theatre, how to fit writing plays into your life and if and if it's a medium that is relevant the modern world. It's a conversation about process, using writing as a way of trying to understand the world, a way of expressing things you can't quite put into words in your everyday life. "I know you need your sleep now, I know your life's been hard. But many men are falling, where you promised to stand guard." Leonard Cohen John doesn't plug anything. We mention: Cherry Orchard - Chekhov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cherry_Orchard Old Times - Pinter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Times Realism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(theatre) Naturalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism_(theatre) Stanislavski: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislavski David Hare: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hare_(playwright) Brechtian / Brecht: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brecht Peter Brook: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_