“I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.” PlaySeeingTheaterTheatreRejectionSubmit Author:Howard Barker
“Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.” ShouldCharacterProduceAchievementAnxietyTheatreGreatest Achievement Author:Howard Barker
“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.” IfsLanguageImpossibleElementsMajorsTheatre Author:Howard Barker
“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.” WantBeautifulSecretShareTheatreEnlighteningSeducing Author:Howard Barker
“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.” GivingShouldWritingSometimesLightDarkDangerousBehaviorTheatreLecturesDark Places Author:Howard Barker
