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If we make well-crafted plays that express the essence of what it is to be human, then theatre will have a future...
Raymond Bobgan, Artistic Director, Cleveland Public Theatre
AT25: An Eye on the Future, American Theatre, April 2009

Lilly on Failure in the Theatre

June 16th, 2010

…failure is faster in the theatre. It is necessary that you not become frightened of failure. Failure in the theatre is more dramatic and uglier than in any other form of writing.

Lillian Hellman, The Art of Theatre No. 1, Paris Review, Issue 33, Winter-Spring 1965

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