You Had To Be Into Sport And,

I Suddenly Became Aware Over The Last Couple Of Years That I'm In My Sixties. I Never Thought About It. I Thought I'd Better Start Acting My Age Or Find Roles That Are Going To Be Interesting To Me In The Sexagenarian Repertoire, Because It's Not What You Do In Your Forties Or Fifties.

Like Any Classic You Hope To Get Rid Of All The Varnish That's Built Up Over The Centuries Where People Expect It To Be In A Certain Way. It's A Mighty Play. It's About A Very Old King Who Also Happens To Be A Very Old Father, So You've Got The State And The Domestic Levels In There Together. It's A Story In Extremis. Everyone Knows The End, There's Only Two People Left Alive.

People Tend To Think Of Brisbane As A Sleepy, Sub-topical Place. I Don't Know. It's Like Baltimore Or Something. I Don't Know. You Would Hear The Family Dramas Going On Behind Closed Doors.

For Sure, You Have To Be Lost To Find A Place That Can’t Be Found.

You Had To Be Into Sport And, Sad To Say, I'm A Traitor To My Country Because I Don't Have A Sporting Bone In My Body.