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Denis Johnson

All the modern verse plays, they're terrible they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first.

Denis Johnson

Poetry

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Denis Johnson is saying that many contemporary plays focus too much on the poetic language rather than the story or dramatic elements. He believes that the quality and structure of the play itself should come before the poetry within it.

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