And, although the play may seem old-fashioned to some, it reminds us that Miller's permanent theme is responsibility.
Part of your job, yes, but also a gradual and possibly permanent absorption of responsibilities which used to be the domain of the Test captain, these days a leader of his men in a mostly ceremonial sense.
Publishing these objectives will help clarify the relationship between the two, highlighting where the responsibility of permanent secretaries lies.
The NAO made clear (pdf) that accounting officers – usually permanent secretaries – should take responsibility for their departmental evaluation programmes.
The permanent secretary has a responsibility to enable us to scrutinise the running of his department and disclose this information".
Although American officials have no legal responsibility for permanent residents, so-called green-card holders, they are so concerned by the recent pattern of interrogations and detentions of visiting scholars that they have debated whether to issue a public warning to Chinese-born researchers who live abroad, Western diplomats said this week.
However, John's first stage success, A Dock Brief – set in the cells, where an incompetent barrister counsels himself and his convicted client – was rooted in his own nervousness about failure and his permanent terror at having responsibility for another's fate.
The Lib Dem leader believes that his party is on a journey from the opportunism of permanent opposition to the responsibility of being a governing party.
Children soon followed, and with them came, as Carver put it, nineteen years of "unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction".
"Russia and China are failing in their responsibilities as permanent security council members," Lyall Grant said, adding that the proposed resolution is supported by almost every group internationally.
