'Tis the season … for a playwright's creativity to lie fallow
After the distractions of the Christmas run-up, Boxing Day gives on to a week of calm renewal. At least in theoryHolidays are curious times for playwrights. You tend to work around the house, so the tools of the trade are all too close to hand; abjuring them for some imposed festivity feels counterintuitive. Besides, the work is never finished " it would of course be gratifying to achieve a kind of Santa-style satur…