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Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve read more
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.
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.
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
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.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
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.
To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They read more
To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.
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.
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical read more
We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.
