“In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.” ShouldPlayActionReadingLosesRemembered Author:George P. Baker
“What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.” YearsSometimesPlayPeriodsTragedyTragicElizabethan Author:George P. Baker
“When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature.” HumansPlayLiteraturePleaseDramaDialogueDramaticRevelationsCharacterization Author:George P. Baker
“Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.” SelfPlayDramaTheatreSurrenderSympatheticAbsorption Author:George P. Baker