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Ian McMillan's Writing Lab interviews: Mark Ravenhill on... play writing
...out of a scene as early as possible. You don't need to have all the come in, let yourself in, can I make you a cup of tea before actually the characters start to get into the meat of the scene. They'll reveal themselves through the dialogue. I mean, I think that when you start you feel very self consciously: how will they ever reveal to the audience who they are, how old...