Brethren Quote by Ben Brantley

It's funny how that comes up, because sometimes I'll write something and I'll think, I don't know if that's a film or a play,…

— Neil LaBute

In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of…

— Tom Stoppard

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal,

— Howard Barker

I don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because in the…

— Edward Albee

There are two strains, I think, in American playwriting, of importance. One is traditional narrative realism, which is definitely my strain, and then the…

— Tony Kushner

The theatre is a world in itself. The possibility for creating experiences that move people is increased many times over. In the end, the…

— Cat Stevens

The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.

— Michael O'Keefe

Mostly, theater becomes blander and blander as everyone wants the same thing they saw before. The good plays are the ones that don't allow…

— Roger Rees

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

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

It's astounding how challenging plays are... The scary part is that you get to encounter humanity in a way you don't in films. The…

— Bill Pullman

When I'm editing, I try to bring out some dramatic structure. I think it is about theater in some way; it is a little…

— Sheila Heti