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“The Socratic demonstration of the ultimate unity of tragic and comic drama is forever lost. But the proof is in the art of Chekhov.”

Art Lost Forever Drama Ultimate Unity Proof Comic Tragic Demonstration Chekhov Socratic

Book:The death of tragedy

Source: The death of tragedy

“Spring blossoms are fairy tales, autumn leaves are tragic dramas.”

Drama Spring Tales Fairy Tragic Autumn Fairy Tale Autumn Leaves

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.”

Way Long Said Use School Acting Comedy Drama Scene Long Time Tendencies Tragic They Said Tutor Flippant

Author:John Bradley-West

“If centralism is ultimately to prevail; if our entire system of free Institutions as established by our common ancestors is to be subverted, and an Empire is to be established in their stead; if that is to be the last scene of the great tragic drama now being enacted: then, be assured, that we of the South will be acquitted, not only in our own consciences, but in the judgment of mankind, of all responsibility for so terrible a catastrophe, and from all guilt of so great a crime against humanity.”

“I once heard a woman laugh at that most tragic moment in all drama, the off-stage shot in "The Wild Duck," and I afterward had her killed, so there will be no more of that out of her.”

Moments Laughing Heard Stage Drama Shots Tragic Ducks

Book:No Poems

Source: No Poems

“I think the only real referent for anybody writing drama is probably Hamlet. You have the most extreme tragic drama, this sort of blood-boltered thing, but it's also very funny, which is simply a matter of the playwright being alive and observant and entertaining, and understanding not only the world but what will play.”

Thinking World Writing Real Matter Play Understanding Alive Blood Drama Extremes Tragic Entertaining Playwright Observant

Author:William Monahan

“I am a happy person and I choose to be a positive person. I think some people think my life has been tragic and there have been these horrible dramas but things really have been, and are, fine.”

People Thinking Persons Has Beens Fine Drama Horrible Tragic Happy Person Positive Person

Author:Patsy Kensit

“Shakespeare's plays often turn on the idea of fate, as much drama does. What makes them so tragic is the gap between what his characters might like to accomplish and what fate provides them.”

Doe Ideas Play Character Might Turns Fate Drama Accomplish Tragic Gaps Turn-on Shakespeare's Plays

Book:The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't

Source: The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't