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Complex human arrangements are at the heart of democracy, says director Michael Blakemore.
Michael Blakemore seems relieved to be directing Democracy in Australia after staging it in New York - and not just because American critics were less impressed than their London counterparts by the play's cool ambiguities.
First, there's the temperament of Australian actors. "There is a directness of expression," he says brightly. "I like the way Australian actors look for a kind of blunt truth. They cut to the chase."