Double-take event

Playwright Mike Kenny and myself had a public conversation last night in the York Central Library. This was one of the events of the York Literature Festival.
We spoke about the differing ways that one creates character for the novel and for the stage. Although there are many similarities there are also significant differences, mainly drawn [...]






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