The press and politicians. A delicate relationship. Too close, and danger ensues. Too far apart and democracy itself cannot function without the essential exchange of information. Creative leaks, a discreet lunch, interchange in the Lobby, the art of the unattributable telephone call, late at night.
ATTRIBUTION:
Howard Brenton (b. 1942), British playwright, and David Hare (b. 1947), British playwright. Quince, in Pravda, act 1, sc. 4.