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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 Not Wasting Your Life

June 30th, 2010

I suppose the point I have in mind is this—you come to a place in your life when what you’ve been is going to form what you will be. If you’ve wasted what you had in you, it’s too late to do much about it. If you’ve invested yourself in life, you’re pretty certain to get a return.

Lillian Hellman Drama Forgoes a Villain, by Harry Gilroy, New York Times, Feb 25, 1951.

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