Art Quote by Oscar Wilde

What could be more fitting - or more exciting - than to restage Shakespeare's plays on the very spot where they were first performed,…

— Sam Wanamaker

I believe in the time when we shall be able to create works of art in the Theatre without the use of the written…

— Edward Gordon Craig

In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start…

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

As an audience, if you see 1800s or something, it more often seems that the actors are carrying the weight of the time. It…

— Franka Potente

I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal.

— Rebecca Serle

By recycling pre-existing material, Shakespeare seemed to endorse a view common in his time, which has become even more entrenched in the 400 years…

— Michel Faber

To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be or not to be which deals…

— Al Goldstein

To have a sense of contemporary ownership of Shakespeare is the most important thing to his work.

— Tim Crouch

“For the next few weeks, we are going to perform scenes from the plays we read, starting with the age-old classic Romeo and Juliet.”

— Kaitlyn Davis

We've seen Shakespeare done a billion times to make it seem relevant today. We love period dramas. We love to long for a time…

— Claudia Jessie

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

— John Bradshaw

Artistic ambition is important. And it seems it would be a great time to do some theatre, like a new extreme.

— Emile Hirsch