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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.
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.