macbeth 6

The theatre director has been asked to attend second interviews for the position of assistant director at the RSC. Three other directors interview him. He learns that the play he would be assisting on if he got the job would be Macbeth. One of the directors asks him how well he knows the play and he says he’s directed it, so he knows it quite well. Another asks him how he’d feel assisting someone else on that play. He says it would be fine. Someone asks how he’d feel if he didn’t agree with the line the director was taking with the play. The interviewee sighs. He says his job would be to assist, not to commentate. If the director wanted his opinions, he’d offer them, but the job would be about realising the director’s vision not his own. The three interviewers glance around the room. They don’t believe him. They suspect strong opinions could represent an insuperable objection. It does not come as a surprise to learn a few weeks later that he has not got the job.