You May Also Like / View all maxioms
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.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.
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.
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends read more
The virtue of dress rehearsals is that they are a free show for a select group of artists and friends of the author, and where for one unique evening the audience is almost expurgated of idiots.
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what read more
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.
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.
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.
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.
