Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
“My career, I admit it freely, has been chequered. I was one of the golden of my generation. Something happened. I don’t know what it was. Nevertheless I am I and have survived insult and deprivation. I am I. I offer myself not abjectly but with ancient pride. I come to you as a warrior. I shall be happy to serve you as my master.” – Spooner in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land
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Aleks Sierz FRSA is a theatre critic, and author of the seminal study of new 1990s playwrights,
In-Yer-Face Theatre. His other books include
Rewriting the Nation, The Theatre of Martin Crimp, John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights and
Modern British Playwriting. His latest book (co-authored with Lia Ghilardi) is
The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theatre. He also works as a journalist, broadcaster, and lecturer. Aleks blogs independently at
www.sierz.co.uk and tweets at
@alekssierz.
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Aleks Sierz FRSA is a theatre critic, and author of the seminal study of new 1990s playwrights,
In-Yer-Face Theatre. His other books include
Rewriting the Nation, The Theatre of Martin Crimp, John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary British Playwrights and
Modern British Playwriting. His latest book (co-authored with Lia Ghilardi) is
The Time Traveller’s Guide to British Theatre. He also works as a journalist, broadcaster, and lecturer. Aleks blogs independently at
www.sierz.co.uk and tweets at
@alekssierz.