“Figaro is a bad play. It stirs up hatred between the classes. In France, it has caused nothing but bitterness. My own dear sister,Antoinette, writes me that she is beginning to be frightened of her own people.” PeopleWritingPlayFearMy OwnClassHatredDearFranceFrightenedBitternessDear Sister Author:Peter Shaffer
“Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.” PlayProcessFleshPublishingRehearsing Book:Equus Source: Equus
“Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play.” KnowsPlayMomentsLightGivenBlackDarkComedyChineseConventionsLight And DarkFarceBlack Comedy Author:Peter Shaffer
“I think plays, like books, are endemic. They grow out of the soil of the writer and the place he's writing about. I think, you just can't move them about, you know.” ThinkingKnowsWritingBookPlayMovingGrowsSoil Author:Peter Shaffer
