I think characters are sympathetic not because of what they say but because we recognise within them desire. What breaks our heart in drama is when a characters’ desire is clear and specific and that pursuit of that desire is determined and brave. What makes people cry in the theatre is bravery, its people being brave. What’s legible in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is Christopher’s pursuit of what he wants, he’s fearless and brave and tenacious and we recognise ourselves in that. There’s a moment when he says “I was brave” and I think at that moment, that’s when we recognise ourselves. That’s when we recognise the moment in our lives, where you aren’t necessarily trying to uncover the mystery of who killed a dog, but other things we’re striving for. We recognise ourselves in Christopher then, just as we recognise ourselves in Hamlet even if our step-dad wasn’t the brother of our dad who murdered him, or we recognise ourselves in The Cherry Orchard even if we’ve never owned a Cherry Orchard in our lives. What we recognise is desire in the face of mortality.
I think characters are sympathetic not because of what they say but because we recognise within them desire. What breaks our heart in drama is when a characters’ desire is clear and specific and that pursuit of that desire is determined and brave. What makes people cry in the theatre is bravery, its people being brave. What’s legible in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is Christopher’s pursuit of what he wants, he’s fearless and brave and tenacious and we recognise ourselves in that. There’s a moment when he says “I was brave” and I think at that moment, that’s when we recognise ourselves. That’s when we recognise the moment in our lives, where you aren’t necessarily trying to uncover the mystery of who killed a dog, but other things we’re striving for. We recognise ourselves in Christopher then, just as we recognise ourselves in Hamlet even if our step-dad wasn’t the brother of our dad who murdered him, or we recognise ourselves in The Cherry Orchard even if we’ve never owned a Cherry Orchard in our lives. What we recognise is desire in the face of mortality.
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