Schubert : an affectionate portrait of a genius

“This is a play of anger. The melodies of the music are in counterpoint to the noise of life outside the man. There is nothing pretty here. This piece should disturb, or remain unperformed. In no sense is this intended as a dramatised biography. I am interested not in mere historical accuracy but in truth, which makes all events simultaneous”
(From the author’s preface)