The importance of being a failure: why playwrights must suffer rejection
Failure for playwrights comes via rejection letters, bad reviews and audience walkouts. But when a play hits the spot, there's no feeling like it for both playwright and audienceAs this is to be the final glimpse I offer you into my (entirely notional) diary " this is the last in the series " I wanted to take the opportunity to write about failure. Blogs are all too often rather self-promotional in tone, a symptom of…