“Even within single sentences, there are sudden changes of register. And when the travellers go to Venice, they see a play by Voltaire! This is a novel [Candid] which has narratives within narratives, such as when Cunégonde recounts her story.” PlayStoriesNovelSentencesNarrativeTravellerVeniceRegisterCandidSingle SentenceSudden Change 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
“There is the question of language. Although the play [Candid] is not written in strict verse form, there is an underlying beat of rhyming couplets, with echoes of Pope and the tradition of eighteenth-century philosophical verse.” PlayFormLanguageWrittenCenturyBeatsTraditionPhilosophicalVersesEchoesPopeStrictCandidRhymingCouplets Author:Mark Ravenhill
“The title's so upfront. It gives fair warning about the play's content. I'm writing about a kind of disenchantment, an anger, but quite a cool 90's anger, at a time when we're not very good at openly being angry. . . . I don't think I ever thought the title was titillating. I thought it was incredibly catchy. If the play is about the reduction in human relations down to a consumerist rationale, then thematically, the title is entirely linked into the thesis of the play.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingHumansKindPlayFairsRelationAngryVery GoodCraftsTitlesWarningLinkedReductionHuman RelationsThesisCatchyRationaleDisenchantment Author:Mark Ravenhill
