Donât Open the Door: class act Richard Roquesâ latest play is a short but powerful tale of two strangers thrown together. Jane Clinton talked to him 29 July, 2021 â By Jane Clinton A scene from Richard Roquesâ Donât Open the Door WHEN I last interviewed Richard Roques, it was just days before his play, Short Memory, was about to open. Then the first lockdown was announced, the play was cancelled, and life as we knew it stopped. During the pandemic, it is estimated the theatre industry lost more than £200million. Now, 16 months on, Roques is readying himself for the opening, not of