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Lewis Carroll Author, Mathematician
Theatre

"I believe this thought, of the possibility of death - if calmly realised, and steadily faced would be one of the best possible tests as to our going to any scene of amusement being right or wrong. If the thought of sudden death acquires, for you, a special horror when imagined as happening in a theatre, then be very sure the theatre is harmful for you, however harmless it may be for others; and that you are incurring a deadly peril in going."

Believe Special Theatre
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John Carroll Actor
Theatre

"Stirner's political praxis is quixotic. It accepts the established hierarchies of constraint as given. ... Not liable to any radical change, they constitute part of the theatre housing the individual's action. ... The egoist uses the elements of the social structure as props in his self-expressive act."

Self Political Theatre
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Mel Smith Comedian, Actor, Writer
Theatre

"I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director."

Years Directors Theatre
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Shelley Winters Actress
Theatre

"To me, the theatre - I don't like to say it, but I'll say it - is a temple in a kind of way, where human beings go to be elevated."

Way Theatre Temples
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Rupert Holmes Singer-Songwriter
Theatre

"As much as the mystery element is all a lot of fun, when you do go to 'Edwin Drood,' you're going to a theatre to see a show about going to a theatre and what that relationship between actors and audiences has been for years."

Years Fun Theatre
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Ruth Wilson Actress
Theatre

"I'd quite like to do a film but I'd also love to do more theatre. I want to keep challenging myself with good roles. It's harder for women because there aren't as many challenging roles."

Challenges Roles Theatre
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John Calvin Theologian, Reformer
Theatre

"It is no small honour that God for our sake has so magnificently adorned the world, in order that we may not only be spectators of this beauteous theatre, but also enjoy the multiplied abundance and variety of good things which are presented to us in it."

May Order Theatre
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David Bowie Musician, Actor
Theatre

"I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance."

Important Numbers Theatre
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Charles Dickens Novelist
Theatre

"I would like to be going all over the kingdom...and acting everywhere. There's nothing in the world equal to seeing the house rise at you, one sea of delightful faces, one hurrah of applause!"

House Sea Theatre
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Anton Chekhov Playwright, Short Story Writer
Theatre

"The critics suppose that it is easy to write a play. They aren't aware that writing a good play is difficult and writing a bad one is twice as hard."

Writing Play Theatre
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Anton Chekhov Playwright, Short Story Writer
Theatre

"Sometimes we go to a play and after the curtain has been up five minutes we have a sense of being able to settle back in the arms of the playwright. Instinctively we know that the playwright knows his business."

Play Theatre Arms
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