Books Quote by Anonymous

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

— Anonymous

By whatever means it is accomplished, the prime business of a play is to arouse the passions of its audience so that by the…

— Arthur Miller

Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition and eventually to an awakening of understanding.

— Peter Brook

The drama is not a mere copy of nature, not a facsimile. It is the free running hand of genius, under the impression of…

— Leigh Hunt

“For we rationalize, objectify, and personalize the process of the game exactly as we do that of a play, a drama. For, finally, it…

— David Mamet

An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go…

— Michael Shurtleff

Theatre is poetry that rises from the book and becomes human enough to talk and shout, weep and despair

— Federico Garcia Lorca

We want to see drama told in a cathartic way, with power, with emotion where you empathize and then you're frightened. All those feelings…

— Danny Boyle

Now, drama is quite useful at helping us to understand what our position is and, conversely, we might then understand why our theatre is…

— Edward Bond

“Accurate and questioning dramatic and written narratives that expose true human character, is the necessary glue of any intelligent, enduring and compassionate society.”

— Yon Walls

“drama is a good book”

— Raina Telgemeier

Drama - what literature does at night.

— George Jean Nathan