I was keen to stage 'Faust,' although I find Goethe's 'Faust' indigestible. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes faust find goethe
Everyone sees something different in 'Endgame': a biblical apocalypse, a portrait of painful co-dependency, a confession of guilt and dignity in the face of death, a night of baffling hopelessness, a meaningless babble. Each interpretation reveals an absurd truth - not about the play, but about the person watching it. Simon McBurney absurdapocalypsebabble share on social
'The Master and Margarita' is deeply to do with the unconscious. It is a story about a man who writes a story in a time when he's not supposed to write that story: the story of Pontius Pilate. Simon McBurney deeplymanmargarita Change image and share on social
Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone. Simon McBurney artexistform Change image and share on social
When I'm working with German audiences, I will call on my Rilke and Goethe in the original. David Whyte audiencecallgerman Change image and share on social
It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up. Ginnifer Goodwin breakcouragefind Change image and share on social
Dante can be understood only within the context of Italian thought, and Faust would be unthinkable if divorced from its German background; but both are part of our common cultural heritage. Gustav Stresemann backgroundcommoncontext Change image and share on social