Robert Brustein quotes
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“Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.”
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“Without an elite in the arts, we have no leaders, which is to say we have no vision, which is to say we have no arts.”
-- Robert BrusteinSource : Robert Brustein (1994). “Dumbocracy in America: Studies in the Theatre of Guilt, 1987-1994”, Ivan R Dee
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“The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.”
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“The commercial theatre may still be considered one of New York's primary tourist attractions, but . . . there is no longer an audience for serious Broadway plays. . . . Perhaps we should acknowledge that, having lost its traditional audience, Broadway can never again be a home for new plays.”
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“On Laurence Olivier as Hamlet in a 1948 film: Olivier's idea of introspection was to hood his eyes, dentalize his consonants and let the camera circle his blondined head like a sparrow looking for a place to deposit its droppings.”
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“No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization.”
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“The love that previously dared not speak its name has now grown hoarse from screaming it.”
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“The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes.”
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Source : George Jean Nathan (1972). “The Critic and the Drama”, p.55, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
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“A solitary being is by instinct a wanderer ...”
Source : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (2015). “The Last Man”, p.583, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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