Tom Morris and Felix Barrett talk Stoppard

18th December 2008

 

INTERVIEW: TOM MORRIS AND FELIX BARRETT

The associate director of the National Theatre and the Punchdrunk director chat during rehearsals for Tom Stoppard’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour about their co-directed National Theatre revival – and how they met. Dominic Cavendish quizzes. Excerpt.

The received wisdom is that if you want to do any work with classically trained musicians, you just run into a brick wall of custom and practise.