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To enter a theatre for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination. — Simon Callow
The difficulty of writing a good theatre play set in new reality was even greater given that the level of similitude to life that is… — Andrzej Wajda
History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. — Thomas Carlyle
In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is… — Rowan Atkinson
In the theatre, every form once born is mortal; every form must be reconceived, and its new conception will bear the marks of all the… — Peter Brook
I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space, whilst someone else is watching him,… — Peter Brook
I have never seen a game's graphics look so sharp and clean. The sound design for the game is also unique on the Xbox. The… — Don Bluth
As a child I was taken to the pantomime or the theatre and I would always, always fall in love with somebody on the stage.… — Ewan McGregor
See, there's only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all… — Jerry Garcia
You can get a large audience together for a strip-tease act—that is, to watch a girl undress on the stage. Now suppose you come to… — C.S. Lewis
T.V. has made going to the theatre seem pointless, photography has pretty much killed painting but graffiti has remained gloriously unspoilt by progress. — Banksy
I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that in following, in meeting, or in overtaking, in the street, on the… — Frances Trollope
I'm convinced that theatre is a horrible business. Make this the headline. You have to be on the spot every night as an actor. You… — Unknown Author
I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic! — John Lahr
Look to your consciences and remember that the theatre of the world is wider than the realm of England. — Mary, Queen of Scots
I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when… — Elaine Paige
You know the worst thing is freedom. Freedom of any kind is the worst for creativity. You know, Dali spent two months in jail in… — Salvador Dali
Not the shadow of a doubt crossed my mind of the purpose for which the Count had left the theatre. His escape from us, that… — Wilkie Collins
Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre. — Nicolas Roeg
Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts. — Yahoo Serious
The world 's a theatre, the earth a stage, Which God and Nature do with actors fill. — Thomas Heywood
When I play, I feel like in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis player? — Anna Kournikova
You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in the round and… — Jay Maisel
I want to burn with the spirit of the times. I want all servants of the stage to recognize their lofty destiny. I am disturbed… — Vsevolod Meyerhold
Good theatre draws the energies out of the place where it is and gives it back as joie de vivre. — Joan Littlewood

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