Optimism and happiness are not the same thing, but they are becoming interchangeable, and it seemed to me that Voltaire's Candide gave me a way into something important happening in modern-day culture.
Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this optimal world rather than som… - Mark Ravenhill
Rereading Candide, I was struck by the link between optimism and the optimal, the idea that we have been placed in this optimal world rather than som…
- Mark Ravenhill
The financial crisis happened because no-one could actually say out loud how bad things were. - Mark Ravenhill
The financial crisis happened because no-one could actually say out loud how bad things were.
Voltaire's novel [Candid] offers us parallel universes, the possibility of entering into alternative worlds existing side by side, and this is someth… - Mark Ravenhill
Voltaire's novel [Candid] offers us parallel universes, the possibility of entering into alternative worlds existing side by side, and this is someth…
Optimism and happiness are not the same thing, but they are becoming interchangeable, and it seemed to me that Voltaire's Candide gave me a way into … - Mark Ravenhill
Optimism and happiness are not the same thing, but they are becoming interchangeable, and it seemed to me that Voltaire's Candide gave me a way into …
Twenty years ago, when you bumped into someone and asked how they were, they would say, 'Mustn't grumble' or 'Getting by': now they feel obliged to s… - Mark Ravenhill
Twenty years ago, when you bumped into someone and asked how they were, they would say, 'Mustn't grumble' or 'Getting by': now they feel obliged to s…
In the business world, the idea of positive thinking is absolutely entrenched. - Mark Ravenhill
In the business world, the idea of positive thinking is absolutely entrenched.
Theatre within theatre, when characters sees themselves on stage, always raises philosophical questions of choice and free will. - Mark Ravenhill
Theatre within theatre, when characters sees themselves on stage, always raises philosophical questions of choice and free will.
The title's so upfront. It gives fair warning about the play's content. I'm writing about a kind of disenchantment, an anger, but quite a cool 90's a… - Mark Ravenhill
The title's so upfront. It gives fair warning about the play's content. I'm writing about a kind of disenchantment, an anger, but quite a cool 90's a…
There is the question of language. Although the play [Candid] is not written in strict verse form, there is an underlying beat of rhyming couplets, w… - Mark Ravenhill
There is the question of language. Although the play [Candid] is not written in strict verse form, there is an underlying beat of rhyming couplets, w…
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