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    The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.

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The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.

The novel is more of a whisper, whereas the stage is a shout.

by Robert Holman Found in: Theater Quotes,
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We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for read more

We are in the black theater of nonexistence. In an eye blink the curtain is up, the stage ablaze, for the vast drama of ourselves.

by Herman Wouk Found in: Theater Quotes,
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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

by Alan Jay Lerner Found in: Theater Quotes,
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All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive read more

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and together create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, free man

by Bernard Berenson Found in: Theater Quotes,
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In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect

In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect

by Tristan Bernard Found in: Theater Quotes,
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It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work read more

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.

by Tallulah Bankhead Found in: Theater Quotes,
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I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is read more

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.

by Laurence Olivier, Sir Found in: Theater Quotes,
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The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to read more

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

by Robert Brustein Found in: Theater Quotes,
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The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

by Arthur Miller Found in: Theater Quotes,
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