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Notable quotes
“While we wait, God builds our faith in His promises.”
— p. 17
“When God promises, He’s not saying, I’ll try. He means, I can and I will.”
— p. 47
“The Christian way is a life of faith. In order to hold on to the promises of God, you’ve got to believe them and live by them.”
— p. 58
“Eventually you can see that your pain was part of a much larger picture that God was carefully painting.”
— p. 87
“By your grace, I will not despair. I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
— p. 91
“[God’s] purposes are always accomplished. His enemies are always defeated. His faithful followers are always rewarded. His Son’s throne will be established forever.”
— p. 138
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James Macdonald is a British theatre and film director who is best known for his work with contemporary writers such as Caryl Churchill. He was associate and deputy director of the Royal Court Theatre from 1992 to 2006. There he staged the premiere of Sarah Kane's Blasted (1995), her highly controversial debut which sparked a Newsnight debate on BBC Television. He also directed the premiere of Kane's Cleansed (1998) and 4.48 Psychosis which opened after her suicide.
Occupation
film director
Born
1958
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James Macdonald is a British theatre and film director who is best known for his work with contemporary writers such as Caryl Churchill. He was associate and deputy director of the Royal Court Theatre from 1992 to 2006. There he staged the premiere of Sarah Kane's Blasted (1995), her highly controversial debut which sparked a Newsnight debate on BBC Television. He also directed the premiere of Kane's Cleansed (1998) and 4.48 Psychosis which opened after her suicide.
Born in 1958, Macdonald began working as a director at the Royal Court under Max Stafford-Clark, in his twenties after graduating from Oxford University and L'Ecole Internationale de Theatre Jacques Lecoq. Since leaving the Royal Court in 2007 Macdonald has worked extensively in New York, in most of the major theatres across London and the West End, and directed a 2008 feature film of A Number by Caryl Churchill for HBO/BBC Films.
His productions include Fewer Emergencies by Martin Crimp at the Royal Court (2005), Glengarry Glen Ross in the West End (2007), The world premiere of The Arrest of Ai Weiwei at the Hampstead Theatre (2013) and Bakkhai at Almeida Theatre in 2015.
James Macdonald is on the board of Stage Directors UK.
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Productions
A Number by Caryl Churchill, New York Theatre Workshop, New York (2005)
Exiles by James Joyce (Royal National Theatre) (2006)
Dying City by Christopher Shinn (Lincoln Centre Theater NY) (2007)
