#theatre

Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out Neither side is glorious On either side they're just frightened men messing their pants and they all want the same thing Not to lie under the earth but to walk upon it without crutches (Roux, act 1, scene 19) ↗

— Peter Weiss

#war #men

Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity. ↗

— William Petersen

#celebrity #episode #goodbye #gratifying #i

On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to theatre; we went from beginning to end, and it was very pleasing. ↗

— Jean Stapleton

#beginning #day #did #end #had

The stage is a magic circle where only the most real things happen, a neutral territory outside the jurisdiction of Fate where stars may be crossed with impunity. A truer and more real place does not exist in all the universe. ↗

— P.S. Baber

#drama #fate #real #stage #theater

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#ironies #man #night #only #steady

I didn't grow up a theatre kid, going to theatre camps. I played sports, and that was my main direction. But luckily, I never had to choose between sports and theatre. ↗

— Aaron Tveit

#camps #choose #direction #going #grow

I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre. ↗

— Samantha Barks

#bands #began #choirs #church #clarinet

Theatre is immediate gratification. ↗

— Chita Rivera

#immediate #theatre

First there was the theatre of people and animals, then of people and the devil. Now we need the theatre of people and people. ↗

— Edward Bond

#first #need #now #people #theatre

The theatre, our theatre, comes from the Greeks. ↗

— Edward Bond

#greeks #our #theatre