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Theatre Quotes by John Lahr
- I detest literature. I abominate the theatre. I have a horror of culture. I am only interested in magic!
- I go to the theatre expecting to have a good time. I want each play and performance to take me somewhere. Naturally, this doesn't always…
- A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it's another matter. An audience is an invaluable education. In…
- In Britain, the theatre has traditionally been where the public goes to think about its past and debate its future. The formation of the National…
- Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules of the game…
- Theatre people, who are an adaptive species, know that to remain sane in the process of production where everyone and his uncle has an opinion…
More Theatre Quotes
- But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers… — Francis Bacon
- It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the… — Tallulah Bankhead
- The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd. — Sarah Bernhardt
- For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture. — Sarah Bernhardt
- I love the stage, I love the process of acting in theatre, but unfortunately, it doesn't pay the bills. — Kabir Bedi
- Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as the ground… — Walter Benjamin
- The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. — Sarah Bernhardt
- The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth… — Stella Adler
- The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time. — Stella Adler
- Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I… — Theodore Bikel
- Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way… — Juliette Binoche
- This film business, perhaps more so in America than in Europe, has always been about young sexuality. It's not true of theatre,… — Jacqueline Bisset