#theatre

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#angry #bob #bob dylan #british #certainly

But though it had prevailed against such fierce adversaries as fire and flood, it had fallen victim softly and swiftly to television in the 1960's. ↗

— Kate Morton

#irony #technology #television #theatres #funny

This feeling of power, it's happiness to sit in a cottage by the Danube among six women who think I'm semi-idiot, and to know that in Paris, the headquarters of intelligence, 500 people are sitting dead-quiet in the auditorium and are foolish enough to expose their brains to my powers of suggestion. Some revolt! But many will go away with my spores in their gray matter. They will go home pregnant with the seed of my soul, and they will breed my brood. ↗

— Strindberg August

#strindberg #theatre #home

What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? Beatrice: Is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick? ↗

— William Shakespeare

#theatre #food

I chose and my world was shaken. So what. The choice might have been mistaken, but choosing was not. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim "Sunday in the Park with George"

#inspirational #musical-theatre #inspirational

An actor must never be afraid to make a fool of himself. ↗

— Harvey Cocks

#theatre #inspirational

Well the least favourite question is the one that one's asked particularly about in Japan is what's the difference between theatre and cinema and I think, well, that's about eighty bucks. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#asked #between #bucks #cinema #difference

It's good to learn early that every show is a family---complete with dysfunctional relationships, tough love, and plenty of occasion for forgiveness... ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#theater #theatre-quotations #faith

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality. ↗

— Sandra Brown

#came #careers #cosmetics #did #i