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“The audiences certainly have declined. If I go to the theatre now I find people come there to eat and smoke and talk to one another. And look like scarecrows.” quote by Evelyn Waugh
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“The audiences certainly have declined. If I go to the theatre now I find people come there to eat and smoke and talk to one another. And look like scarecrows.”

Evelyn Waugh

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The theater has become a social venue rather than a place for focused performance, diminishing its artistic atmosphere.

In simple terms: Theaters are now more about eating and chatting than watching.

Key Takeaway

Reclaim the theater’s purpose for art.

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