Stage | The Observer: Enron, DC Moore, Clybourne Park, Nina Raine, Posh, Anya Reiss, Love and Information, Polly Stenham, Sucker Punch. When Dominic Cooke leaves the Royal Court next year he can point to a theatre bursting with varied life.
What has happened under his artistic directorship is more interesting than his declared intent at his inaugural press conference, when he said he was going to scrutinise the middle classes and the powerful. If he had done only that, he would have presided over a limited stage, one that was, for example, a fairly female-free zone. The reverse has been the case. He has helped to get us to the point where journalists no longer feel it necessary to call dramatists without penises "women playwrights". More important, he has time after time astonished audiences with different kinds of fresh writing.
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This is my favorite line in the article: "He has helped to get us to the point where journalists no longer feel it necessary to call dramatists without penises "women playwrights"." Like I said about the "Look at all the women playwrights in New York, yay" article, this shouldn't be a remarkable thing. It should, in fact, be completely unremarkable what specific kind of genitals a playwright has, which is the point made in this article, and I'm glad it's starting to happen.
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