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

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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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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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I just love, I love, I love movies.

I just love, I love, I love movies.

by Laura Dern 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 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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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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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.

by Eleanor Duse 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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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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