Sublime

A pale man with pince-nez, he had the kind of face it is impossible to recall within five minutes of seeing it, and owed his appointment to the fact that all the other candidates for the Vice Chancellorship had enough personality to acquire enemies.

different fragmented characters come together to create our recognizable story shape.

epigram

two opposites are assimilated and a conflict is stilled.

Theatre isn’t worse or inferior to television – its potency simply lies in live

‘Hang your reforms!’ said Mr Chichely. ‘There’s no greater humbug in the world. You never hear of a reform, but it means some trick to put in new men.

the essence all drama is built on: change, and the internal struggle a character must undergo in order to achieve it.

the crisis in act two will work like an inciting incident – directly related to its mirror image, the crisis point in act four.

anarchy.