Exit the stage direction | Lyn Gardner
The plays of Ibsen and Shaw have extensive stage directions but are they a constraint to creativity or an invitation to imagine?At a recent workshop, as part of the excellent Mousetrap Theatre Projects, the playwright Simon Stephens was talking about the making of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. In answer to a question from one of the students, he made the point that the show would never have ended…