“Having a play directed by someone else is like going to a religious school when you’re a child, you listen and obey…”

On the loss of creative control if you’re not directing in “María Irene Fornés by Allen Frame” https://bombmagazine.org/articles/maria-irene-fornes/ in BOMB Magazine (1984 Oct 1)

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