“The condition of the theater is always an accurate measure of the cultural health of a nation. A play always exists in the present tense (if it is a valuable one), and its music -- its special noise -- is always contemporary. The most valuable function of the theater as an art form is to tell us who we are, and the health of the theater is determined by how much of that we want to know.” IfsKnowsWantArtPlayFormNationsSpecialConditionsFunctionTheaterValuableDeterminedTheatreContemporaryNoiseWho We AreAccurateTensePresent Tense Book:Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee Source: Stretching My Mind: The Collected Essays of Edward Albee
“Theatre, in which actors take on changing roles, has among its many functions the examination of identity. For the individual, theatre is a kind of identity laboratory in which social roles can be examined vicariously.” KindActorsIndividualSocialActingRolesIdentityFunctionTheatreExaminationLaboratorySocial Roles Book:Drama, Metadrama and Perception Source: Drama, Metadrama and Perception