"The hero is at first a rebel against God or the divine." Freud
New Theatre? 20th century -- The scenery became an actor. Here is your "Director's Theatre"!
"Pastiche is blank parody, parody that has lost its sense of humor." Jameson
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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" Leonardo da Vinci
"Everything should be made as simple as possible ...but not simpler" Albert Einstein
"To be is to do" - Plato. "To do is to be" - Socrates. "Do-be do-be do" - Sinatra
The future of the actor is made uncertain not only by chance, but by necessity - intentionally. - David Mamet, REGARDING A LIFE IN THE THEATER
A life in the theater is a life with the attention directed outward, and memory and the substantiation of others is very important. Mamet
We acquire skills through constant practice. They accrue in increments so small that we seem to be making no progress. We lose competence in the same way - taking for granted our hard-won habits and barely aware they are leaving us. Mamet