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    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.

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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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The center of the stage is where I am.

The center of the stage is where I am.

by Martha Graham Found in: Theater Quotes,
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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.

by W. R. Inge Found in: Theater Quotes,
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The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to read more

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

by Oscar Wilde 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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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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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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For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about read more

For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive.

by Fanny Burney 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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