Although he is one of the most popular Canadian playwrights of all
time, his work is produced more in American than in Canada. He sais
that it is about is seven to one ration in terms of productions and
that sixty-five percent of his income comes from America.
Like so many of my generation, my mind is sort of a media garbage bag
sometimes. We're all so heavily influenced by television and movies and
you don't have to be very perceptive to see it coming out in new plays.
The dilemma for me was not to rebel against the problem - it is, after
all, a fairly central reality - but to assimilate it and make something
of it.