Howard Barker Quotes

I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.
Howard Barker

Work, Others, Said

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal.
Howard Barker

Good, Through, Play

I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is impossible not to be influenced by if you hold language to be the major element of theatre.
Howard Barker

Impossible, Far, Theatre

I believe in poetic discourse, in the value of speech in a non-naturalistic way; it's speculative.
Howard Barker

Value, Speech, Poetic

I don't like sympathetic characters.
Howard Barker

I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.
Howard Barker

Political, Personal, Social

I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
Howard Barker

Rejection, Theatre, National

I'm not interested in entertainment.
Howard Barker

I'm not interested in observed reality.
Howard Barker

Reality, Interested, Observed

I've often taken important classical, biblical or literary stories and interrogated them. I have tried to reinvigorate Lot by interpreting it differently.
Howard Barker

Important, Often, Taken

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.
Howard Barker

Experience, Character, Greatest

We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
Howard Barker

Beautiful, Secret, Theatre

When I write, I am not giving a lecture, I am speculating on behavior. Sometimes this is dangerous, but it should be. As I say often, theatre is a dark place and we should keep the light out of it.
Howard Barker

Giving, Dark, Light

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Playwright

Born: June 28, 1946

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