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In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not always coincide…

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

a really good play is ambiguous - which is exactly why it endures. Every succeeding generation develops theories about it. The play's words provide…

— Glenda Jackson

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

— George Bernard Shaw

I think a successful adaptation rises or falls on the work presented. If people need to read the book to understand the play, I…

— Jeff Britting

anyone who writes plays is unbelievably persistent, because there isn't a need in the world for plays. Somehow you internally have to feel a…

— Wendy Wasserstein

I don't believe really good plays - interesting plays, complicated plays - can mean just one thing to every single person in the audience.

— Joe Mantello

Every play is so important. It's a record of what life was like at the time you wrote that play or that book.

— John Guare

The only way to see the value of a play is to see it acted.

— Voltaire

If a man writes a brilliant enough play in praise of something that is universally loathed, the play, if it is good and well…

— Edward Albee

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it…

— T. S. Eliot

There's no such thing as a perfect play. Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play.

— John Guare

The way a play is seen is completely dependent on the circumstances and the world in which it is received.

— Harry Hadden-Paton