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“Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to sing. No one would cast a dancing part with someone who cannot dance sufficiently to come up to professional standards. The same is true of acting. But when it comes to singing, more often than not it is amateur night. . . . Either musicals should be written for specified performers in the first place, or they should be cast with people who are adequate to its dancing, acting and singing demands.”

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Ernest Gold

Ernest Gold was a renowned American composer, best known for his film scores. His work spanned a variety of genres, from classic Hollywood films to modern independent movies, with his most famous compositions being the music for 'Spartacus' and 'The Sound of Music'. Gold was highly respected in the music industry and received numerous awards, including an Academy Award. more

“To save the theatre, the theatre must be destroyed, the actors and actresses must all die of the plague. They poison the air, they make art impossible. It is not drama that they play, but pieces for the theatre. We should return to the Greeks, play in the open air; the drama dies of stalls and boxes and evening dress, and people who come to digest their dinner.”

People Should Art Play Dies Actors Pieces Impossible Air Return Drama Theater Dresses Boxes Dinner Actresses Theatre Destroyed Evening Greek Poison Plague Actors And Actresses

Author:Eleanora Duse

“A nation that does not support and encourage its theater is - if not dead - dying; just as a theater that does not capture with laughter and tears the social and historical pulse, the drama of its people, the genuine color of the spiritual and natural landscape, has no right to call itself theater; but only a place for amusement.”

People Ifs Doe Spiritual Nations Social Natural Support Dying Tears Color Drama Laughter Theater Historical Theatre Genuine Landscape Capture Amusement Pulse

Author:Federico Garcia Lorca

“The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.”

Knows Firsts Lasts Player Stage Truth Is Theatre Senses Spectators

Book:Dedication of the players. Preface of the players. Pope's preface. Theobald's preface. Hanmer's preface. Warburton's preface. Johnson's preface. Advertisement by Steevens. Capell's

Source: Dedication of the players. Preface of the players. Pope's preface. Theobald's preface. Hanmer's preface. Warburton's preface. Johnson's preface. Advertisement by Steevens. Capell's

“How to you teach someone that a theatre comes about first as an idea, from an individual who has a philosophy and a passion? That a theatre's idea is its heart and individual soul? That the person who creates it must have the desire not only to create work, but also to create the conditions in which that work can live-and in which others can do it as well? How do you teach someone to want to be a midwife as well as a mother.”