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Romesh Gunesekera

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At 16, I started reading trashy stuff, anything slightly naughty and risque.

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I don’t think I knew I would be a writer. I wanted to become a writer, and I tried to write.

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Two of the first plays I saw after I arrived in Britain were ‘King Lear’ in Liverpool, and ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ at Stratford. One was produced with hardly a backdrop and the other with gigantic scene changes. I was impressed by what connected the two: the words and their life beyond the stage.

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May 26, 2024

Two of the first plays I saw after I arrived in Britain were ‘King Lear’ in Liverpool, and ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ at Stratford. One was produced with hardly a backdrop and the other with gigantic scene changes. I was impressed by what connected the two: the words and their life beyond the stage.

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May 26, 2024

I don’t think I knew I would be a writer. I wanted to become a writer, and I tried to write.

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