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“The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.”

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Kenneth Tynan, born on April 2, 1927, and died on July 26, 1980, was a British critic, writer, and actor. Known for his profound insights into theater and sharp criticism, Tynan had a significant impact on 20th-century British drama. more

“Don't let a single comic moment pass you by; then help the audience get the laughs. Give them permission to laugh by holding for laughter and by letting them know early on what they're in for. In the first few moments, the audience is gathering information, looking at the scenery and costumes. Create a comic moment as soon as you can.”

Knows Giving Firsts Moments Helping Audience Laughing Information Laughter Theatre Comic Permission Costumes Gathering Scenery Gathering Information

Author:James Carver

“It is very hard to cast a number of plays adequately from the same company of actors without several parts being miscast.”

Hard Play Actors Numbers Company Casts Theatre

Author:John Gielgud

“If you cast wrong, you are in a lot of trouble.”

Ifs Trouble Casts Theatre

Author:Paul Mazursky

“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.”

People Should Firsts Night Views Acting Practice Written Demand Singing Standards Dancing Casts Come Up Point Of View Theatre Performers Composer Casting Adequate Nonsensical

Author:Ernest Gold

“If you need to raise funds from donors, you need to study them, respect them, and build everything you do around them.”

Ifs Needs Study Raises Theatre Fund Donors Fundraising Fundraising For Charity

Author:Jeff Brooks

“I don't see why people want new plays all the time. What would happen to concerts if people wanted new music all the time?”

People Ifs Want Play Happens Wanted Theatre Concerts New Music

Author:Clive Barnes

“If politics is the art of the possible, theatre is the art of the impossible.”

Ifs Art Impossible Theatre

Author:Herbert Blau

“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

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