John Maynard Keynes was asked how he saw the future and replied "The future is not seen, it is made". However, you cannot make the future when dealing with something conceived out of passion. Thus, the future of London Theatre - whether buildings or productions - cannot be planned because they represent the substance of faith.

So let us examine why drama has never been destroyed and, since early Greek and Roman times, has outlived the very civilisations that produced it...

This is the fourth in a series of four 'Mondays at One' lectures on The Theatre in London.

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