Whats it like being an American playwright in London?
The best part is feeling that theatre is still central to the culture here, which is really exciting. In America you don’t really feel that; movies and TV are the centre, and theatre is really peripheral. Why is the play premiering here and not in America? It was a commission for the Royal Court, but we did try to get it on in New York. It was interesting to see how reluctant many New York theatres were to produce this play. The sense I had was that most liberals just want to be rid of George Bush and don’t want to consider that the Democratic President is going to have incredible challenges in dealing with the world. What is your view on the psychology of people who run for President? Having looked at the lives of these people in depth, it seems like they all share a truly pathological narcissism. There’s no way around it. You look for heroes and you just don’t find them. I think the current candidates are no exception. To devote your life to a position so powerful and so nearly impos
