Britain Quote by John Lahr

I don't see the theater as an establishment. The National Theatre has always seemed to me a people's theater. It was never meant to…

— David Hare

When the National Theatre was built, it was a public building. If you wander round that building now, there are bits hived off for…

— Roger Allam

Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.

— Cyril Cusack

“The ‘role of the theatre’ is much debated (by almost nobody, of course), but the thing defines itself in practice first and foremost as…

— Tom Stoppard

Theatre is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means of transforming society. Theatre can help us build our future,…

— Augusto Boal

In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic engagement. Those…

— Diane Paulus

Whether thats positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

— Kevin Spacey

The National is the leading theater in the U.K. because it's three big theater spaces in one big building. At any moment you're there,…

— Jonathan Bailey

Theatre has to be theatrical. It has to draw attention to itself, like poetry.

— Tony Harrison

Whether that's positive or not, people are talking about the Old Vic Theater again with passion and commitment and controversy and debate.

— Kevin Spacey

The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.

— Stella Adler

The Old Vic has always been first and foremost an actors' theatre, a home for great talent and memorable performances.

— Kevin Spacey