If melodrama is the quintessence of drama, farce is the quintessence of theatre. Melodrama is written. A moving image of the worldis provided by a writer. Farce is acted. The writer's contribution seems not only absorbed but translated.... One cannot… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas. — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
Even in a jungle, lovely flowers will spring up here and there, such being the fecundity of nature, and however badly our pastors and… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions. — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
Like dreams, farces show the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes. — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
“Literature deals with morality but does not necessarily, does not, qua literature, help you to be more moral, either by precept or example. It… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back on bad and good alike. — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
If melodrama is the quintessence of drama, farce is the quintessence of theatre. Melodrama is written. A moving image of the worldis provided by… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
“What then is the difference between film and theatre? Or should one not rather ask: what are the differences? Let us be content wi… — Eric Bentley Copy Share Image
