‘Controversy Is The Lifeblood Of The Arts,’ Says Royal Shakespeare Company Founder

Hordes of people seem to be leaving the RSC’s current production of Marat/Sade. Sir Peter Hall, who founded the now iconic company, says that’s ridiculous: “The RSC’s first production of Marat/Sade back in the Sixties was indeed controversial but the reactions then, it seems to me, were more mature than they are now.”