Yeap, Alison, cheers for Howard! He is the most terrific playwright
of his generation in the UK. Back in the early eighties we spent some
time together as I was turning one of his plays into a French radio
play — & that was a total treat, both he & working on that play.
Pierre
On Mar 27, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Alison Croggon wrote:
> On 28/3/06 3:20 AM, "David Bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Points taken, Alison, I wonder where do you think it was he 'went
>> wrong'?
>> Was it because of exposure as being gifted? is that the horrible
>> fate that
>> awaits any of us if we have 'success', whatever that might mean?
>
> Actually, there's something admirable in Berkoff's outrageous
> arrogance and
> eternal bad boyness, even if it means you don't want to have a
> drink with
> him (especially if you're a woman). Certainly Berkoff's reaction to
> "success" has always been to spit on it. So I'm not going to
> moralise over
> him. He's still much more fun than David Hare. But if you put all
> his work
> next to all of Howard Barker's, who is his contemporary, Barker's
> is by far
> the more interesting achievement.
>
> Cheers
>
> A
>
> Alison Croggon
>
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