Mark Rylance’s Problem With Theatre Today

“The theatre, in my opinion, has been hijacked a bit by literary departments of academia. It’s a live, aural tradition, much like rock ‘n’ roll is an aural tradition. One day rock ‘n’ roll will be hijacked by music departments of academia, and it will be like ‘this is the authentic version of ‘I Can’t Get No Satisfaction’ that has to be sung every time’.”