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“All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers... Drama's always been realistic and there's always been a detective about... Every play's an investigation brought to a successful conclusion.”

Play Successful Written Drama Ancient Conclusion Realistic Investigation Greece Detectives Thrillers Present Day Ancient Greece

Book:Amedee, The New Tenant, Victims of Duty: Three Plays

Source: Amedee, The New Tenant, Victims of Duty: Three Plays

“In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an ancient construct that's rapidly coming apart.”

Culture Position Drama Succeed Female Assuming Males Ancient Constructs

Author:John Maus

“Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity tohistory, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth.”

Source: The Works of Victor Hugo ...

“Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.”

Stories Father Stars Century Danger Humility Taught Son Huge Kings Hero Lovers Drama Ancient Expanding Taught Us Hubris Father And Son Star Crossed Lovers Primacy Martyred Pantheon

Author:Tom Hiddleston

“We had an ancient Russian acting coach at my drama school who said the worst offense you could commit was to let your subtext show. That is the point of acting, is to be saying one thing and not be allowed by society or your predicament to show what you're really feeling. In a way, I think that's why the therapy generation has killed script writing, because all you ever get is people going, "Hi, I'm feeling really angry right now."”

People Thinking Writing Feelings School Acting Worst Drama Ancient Coaches Commit Therapy Offense

Author:Olivia Williams

“O light! This the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.”

Character Light Lasts Faces Fate Middle Cry Drama Summer Winter Ancient Resorts Face To Face Invincible Invincible Summer

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

“I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions. The Jungian view would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories.”

Kind Ideas Would Be Political Imagination Memories Views Moral Drama Ancient Debate Discussion Aesthetic Arena

Author:Jeremy Northam