RCIS interviewed award-winning Irish playwright Marina Carr on May 28, 2024.
In this interview, Carr speaks about the imaginaire, legends, and myths in relation to her work. As an Irish citizen, Carr comments on what the formal acknowledgement of Palestine as a state means to her and what that has meant for Ireland as a young Republic. She refutes the idea of the artist as a change maker amidst global crisis and shares her thoughts on the unimaginable violence that human history has witnessed over the centuries and continues to witness to this day. As a playwright, Carr is acclaimed for the mastery and grandeur with which she is able to write about tragedy; her version of Hecuba, has been ...