"It was a realm, an island – a world that could be transformed, clarified, harmonised, analysed. I still remember the night I decided that theatre was going to be my life.... We're not a shop. It's unfortunate we need people's money, but we're not selling something. That's why I hate the word 'production': it's not produced, it's a ceremony, it's a ritual, it is something which is very important for your mental strength, and you should go out of the theatre stronger and more human than when you went in."
Read this rest of The Guardian 2012 interview with Mnouchkine's here...
Read this rest of The Guardian 2012 interview with Mnouchkine's here...