Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that of Nelson's Column-pigeons dump on you because you're there.

Quote by Peter Hall

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Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that...

Whoever becomes the head of the National Theater finds himself in a position like that...

The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract.

The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract.

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience,...

You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience,...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through,...

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...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect

In the theater the audience wants to be surprised but by things that they expect

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before...

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

All of the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visible arts, the theater, must singly and...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made...

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame....

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

What other culture could have produced someone like Hemingway and not seen the joke?

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life.

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders...

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a...

I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting...