The author is the president and CEO of National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA)
History of drama and Greek tragedy
The difference between Taliban and Horselys of this world
An important development of the Augustan era was that the printed word became readily available
Its qualities are, of course, everywhere apparent in Shakespear’s plays but in such a rare and refined form that they often pass unrecognised
Peter Ackroyd -- the polymath
Today the audience is expected to see not Bond’s sins but his style
It is only technique that enables an actor to heighten and project his performance
The world is divided into two kinds of people
E.M. Forster -- the most self-effacing writer
On Caitlin Moran’s How to Build a Girl, Mary Beard’s Laughter in Ancient Rome and other things
