Development Quote by John Guare

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

No matter what the play is called, it comes down to the players making it come to life.

— Geno Smith

A good play puts the audience through a certain ordeal,

— Howard Barker

Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from.

— Stephen Karam

I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of…

— Ben Brantley

Oh god, I'd just hate it if a certain dramaturg got a hold of a Pinter play, for example, which are all mystery and…

— John Guare

If you think of dramaturgy in North America, which is so realistic and so literal sometimes, sometimes what theaters - especially dramaturgs - ask…

— Nilo Cruz

A play's an interpretation. It is not a report. And that is the beginning of its poetry because, in order to interpret, you have…

— Arthur Miller

“In their opinion, a tragedy with so little plot could not conform with the rules of drama. I enquired whether they were complaining that…

— Jean Racine

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 play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be…

— Mike Nichols

Play is the answer to how anything new comes about.

— Jean Piaget