On directing The Late Middle Classes by David Leveaux First published in the Independent on 24May 2010 In a moment of inexplicable buoyancy, I once told Harold Pinter, who was about to rehearse the role of Hirst in our production of his play No Man's Land, that I thought it essential that we didn't fall [...]
An interview with Christopher Morahan The television, film and theatre director talks to Colin MacCabe about his career and collaborations with Simon Gray December 2010 Colin MacCabe: Christopher Morahan is one of the most successful directors of post war British theatre and television and also had a very considerable career as an administrator in both. [...]
Folowing the announcement that Coda has been shortlisted for the Biography Category at the 2009 Costa Book Awards, we're delighted to welcome Ian Jack, editor of Granta between 1995 and 2007 as our first guest blogger. On January 5 we'??ll know if Simon'??s last book, Coda, has won the biography category in the Costa awards. [...]
Sorrow Laughs An appreciation of Simon Gray by Josphine Hart Published here by kind permission of the author Simon Gray wrote 40 plays -?? and a number of the wittiest diaries in the English language. He was nominated for and won countless awards -?? too many to list here -?? and anyway he would not [...]