I just heard, on newsnight, of the sad death of Gabrielle Garcia Marques. I cannot profess to know much about Marque, having read only one of his books, but it is clear we have lost a great writer. Of course, I instantly thought of Ricardio, about how, at university, he adapted 100 Years of Solitude for the stage, for his masters. I remembered how my director friend had asked me to codirect, how I eventually decided to sit down and read the book in a couple of days, and how I was blown away by it’s scope and vision. It is, quite simply, an amazing book; Ricardio did a great job in his adaptation, and I’m sure he’ll be very sad indeed to hear this news. ”The world…is round…Like an orange!”