Russell T. Davies Feels Theater Is More Open To Freedom Of Speech Than Television

Russell T. Davies, the writer of Doctor Who, the famous science fiction series telecasted on BBC is determined to go back to the theater rather than focusing more on Television. For him, TV is a pretty alarming obstacle to "freedom of speech".

Davies, in an interview published in The Stage, has said that he is more interested in working in the theater since his television career restricts him from getting a feel of the ever-changing real world. Giving an example he clarified, if he will write something negative about the newly elected American president Donald Trump, no TV channel will have the guts to play it but fortunately, such apprehension does not apply to theater.

At the London launch event for the 2017 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting as a judge, Davies said, "That's generally why I am getting more and more interested myself in trying to find a voice for the theater. I'm definitely heading that way. I think you've got to - when you say that television can't express certain things then you have to move beyond it. And I speak as someone who has got away with an awful lot on television."

According to The Telegraph, Davies said the TV industry needs more young and enthusiastic writers to come up with bold plots and breakthrough storylines. He himself had been at the helm of creating groundbreaking series like "Queer As Folk" which was broadcasted by Channel 4 in 1999 for the first time. The series spoke of the lives of gay men in Manchester, England.

Davies has also been very encouraging to the new generation writers to join The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting as all the scripts there are judged in an anonymous way and the winner will see his work being made into a play by the Royal Exchange Theater, Manchester. He has been a frequent visitor to the West Glamorgan Youth Theater in Swansea since his childhood days. It is this place where his writing dream started to stretch its wings. Unfortunately, nowadays the youth theater has to face an acute shortage of money resulting in its temporary in operation.

Advising the young playwrights, Davies says that they should look for opportunities and grab them with both hands as good chances are very less likely to come by. He also says that there is tough competition among the writers and the one who is raring to write shall come out on top of the others.

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