A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.

Quote by Kenneth Tynan

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What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.

What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

No theater could sanely flourish until there was an umbilical connection between what was happening...

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is...

Art is a private thing, the artist makes it for himself; a comprehensible work is...

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to...

The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to...

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.

A neurosis is a secret that you don't know you are keeping.

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one...

Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one...

As times change, you want to really revere your heredity, but you don't want to...

As times change, you want to really revere your heredity, but you don't want to...

A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I...

A city whose living immediacy is so urgent that when I am in it I...

I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples' mothers. I have only a few...

I just stopped playing bitches on wheels and peoples' mothers. I have only a few...

A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic...

A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic...