“Candide is one of those books I read when I was young and that I come back to regularly.” BookYoungCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“It's a book that makes me laugh and think - it would be very hard to like someone who didn't enjoy Candide!” ThinkingBookHardWould BeEnjoyLaughingMake Me LaughCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Also, everyone thinks they know Candide - you hear people described as 'Panglossian'. So if Candide appears on a poster, it feels familiar.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFeelsFamiliarPostersCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Optimism and happiness are not the same thing, but they are becoming interchangeable, and it seemed to me that Voltaire's Candide gave me a way into something important happening in modern-day culture.” WayImportantCultureModernBecomingHappeningsOptimismModern DayCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this optimal world rather than some other.” WorldHas BeensIdeasOptimismLinksOptimalCandideRereading Author:Mark Ravenhill
“I have not chosen to create a linear story, but a series of different narratives: in the end there are five plays that almost, but don't quite, add up to one play... I start with the story of Candide, being performed as a play within a play, to bring the audience up to speed with the story.” DifferentEndsPlayStoriesAudienceFiveAddSeriesSpeedChosenNarrativeLinearCandide Author:Mark Ravenhill
“Translating Candide into tweets has really deepened my appreciation of his writing - it wouldn't work so well with nineteenth-century authors. Every single sentence in Voltaire seems to advance the story, and yet stand alone as a sound-bite.” WritingWellsStoriesSeemsSoundCenturyAppreciationSentencesBitesTranslateTweetNineteenth CenturyStand AloneReally DeepSound BitesCandideSingle Sentence Author:Mark Ravenhill
