That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.
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My mentality is that no matter how good or bad the previous play was, move on to the next one.
I've redone plays of mine and made changes. A play is a living thing, and I'd never say I wouldn't rewrite years later. Tennessee Williams did that all the time, and it's distressing, because I'd like the play to be out there in its finished form.
The great fun of doing new plays is that people have no idea what's going to happen next. That goes quite soon, as people start talking about it, and the only way you can keep hold of that is genuinely to keep changing it.
The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.
I'm aware of my old plays and occasionally think about them, but I'm much more anxious about finding the next play.
I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.
I rather go to see a good play than be in one.
I always felt the play came first. If it didn't touch me, I'd say forget the part.
You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.
I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one unless you know it's not a blueprint for a film; you're not going to get the action right and the story right.
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