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Where is the master playwright?

Over 10 years, there's been an anxiety over who the next number one playwright is going to be.

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Chris McCormack
Dec 11, 2022
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Photo: Anton Chekhov's summerhouse in Gurzuf, Yalta

First published on this date two years ago, when I was looking to write an essay marking 10 years of writing criticism. The idea was was to try define my decade-long argument - in the form of the reviews and features I’ve written - against what kind of plays get to be considered ambitious. At the time, things felt dark - theatre critics were getting laid off, and I had retreated to my old blog, obsessing why I was writing unpaid. One month later, I became a contributor to the Irish Times.


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