There is something heartbreaking about the feeling that an insensitive staging can do such damage to a piece that deserves to have its best possible shot of making a breakthrough when it gets its once in a generation chance.
"Seeing other kids just kind of point and laugh, that was heartbreaking for me, knowing this living, feeling individual was being subjected to that," he said.
It's possible to read this by turns heartbreaking and gorgeously observed book without feeling the weight of Thomas's scholarship.
It is truly heartbreaking to see so many people who want to contribute more to society but are left feeling their outlook is desperate and hopeless.
Mr Renton, the UCU's president, said: "It is truly heartbreaking to see so many people who want to contribute more to society but are left feeling their outlook is desperate and hopeless.
She was ravishing and heartbreaking, playing Juliette not as a besotted teenager but as a sensual young woman with a depth of feeling beyond her years.
It was heartbreaking for France, the 20-year old Lavogez collapsing in tears as she was consoled by team-mates, but it was not an unfamiliar feeling.
