Richard Wherrett v. Sydney Theatre

http://www.smh.com.au/news/0102/03/spectrum/spectrum2.html

I found this in rec.arts.theatre.plays: it's an interesting essay/article by writer Louis Nowra on Australian theatre directors and the role of directors in theatre generally.

The recent outburst by director Richard Wherrett (which made the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald a few weeks ago) has been the cause of some heated discussion since then. Nowra's article is informed, partly, by what Wherrett had to say.

Background material can be found here:

Original article:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/20/text/pageone9.html

The speech:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/20/text/pageone10.html

A reply by theatre critic Bryce Hallet:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/22/text/national11.html

Follow-up article:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/23/text/national6.html

A reply by writer Beatrix Christian:
http://smh.com.au/news/0101/23/features/features8.html

Some letters:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/23/text/letters.html

More letters (about half-way down):
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/24/text/letters.html

A reply by writer/director/actor/teacher George Whaley:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/25/text/features7.html

Another letter (about half-way down):
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/25/text/letters.html

Another letter ("Drama of life"):
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/26/text/letters.html

Another follow-up article:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0101/27/text/review10.html