We caught this feature-length documentary at the Art Museum this afternoon, and a good film it is. Interestingly enough, it made me even more appreciative of Peter Shaffer's accomplishment in Amadeus, not because his script is filled with fiction but because he manages to create a compelling, accelerating narrative that is true to the spirit of the man. And this is the task of historical drama: not to be factual but to be true.
See my essay Writing the History Play: why dramatists lie in the pursuit of truth.
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