It was back in the swinging sixties - as we used to call them in the nervous nineties.
In the charts, the Beatles; with the World Cup, England; on stage and TV, kitchen-sink drama. Out of this mish-mash came a quote which has stuck with me ever since. To be frank, ever since last year when I first heard it.
A noted dramatist of that period said, in response to complaints about the dearth of creative talent, that there was no shortage of playwrights. He continued, 'The trouble is, they are all writing the same play'.
