Oh. I'd choose to be in a David Rudkin play, though I only know his television work. (Penda's Fen and Artemis 81.) They're full of shifting layers and visions; they discuss everything from Elgar to British paganism; plus, they're queer-themed and rooted in the Midlands.
As to who I'd avoid? Much as I revere his prose, poetry and art, Mervyn Peake. Partly because The Wit to Woo seemed to undo him. Partly because I don't rate his plays that highly (although the adaptation of Mr Pye is lovely). Truthfully, I don't think anyone's staged them in years; I read them in Peake's Progress.
I'm ambivalent about Beckett. John Hurt in Krapp's Last Tape, though: yes.
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As to who I'd avoid? Much as I revere his prose, poetry and art, Mervyn Peake. Partly because The Wit to Woo seemed to undo him. Partly because I don't rate his plays that highly (although the adaptation of Mr Pye is lovely). Truthfully, I don't think anyone's staged them in years; I read them in Peake's Progress.
I'm ambivalent about Beckett. John Hurt in Krapp's Last Tape, though: yes.