Marianne Elliott

Director

1966-12-27

Quotes by Marianne Elliott

• Staging any play is very exposing because, if you are going to do it well, you have to put so much of yourself into it.

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• The less subsidy we have, the more the 'producers' take over, and the 'bottom line' becomes the raison d'etre. That's quite an unappealing landscape for artists.

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• I think theater is so undervalued. I have seen things there that have been far more vivid than things that actually have happened.

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• I'm drawn to female stories, of which there aren't that many, and particularly to stories now about older women. The things they have to confront and override is really fascinating. That's a whole untold part of our world.

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• We're always steered towards what is good in the canon by a male perspective. I like to do plays with a female protagonist who finds her way through. My way is unusual.

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• Horses are wild animals, essentially, and they're not there to do what humans want them to - they can be browbeaten or cajoled or trained, but they don't hear English; they're not obedient most of the time.

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• I'm always drawn to female stories with female protagonists, and I particularly yearn for more older actresses to take centre stage in 2018.

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