From floodlights to footlights: why sport is winning out at the theatre
Whether it's Richard Bean's new snooker drama at the Sheffield Crucible or plays about cycling or football managers, sport is coming to a theatre near you. So why has it become such fertile terrain for drama?In his slim volume of essays on the nature and purpose of drama, Three Uses of the Knife, the American playwright David Mamet begins by considering baseball. "What do we wish for in the perfect game?" he asks. "D…