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In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

George Bernard Shaw

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Reviews/Criticism Theater

All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

Sean O’Casey

(1880 – 1964) Irish dramatist

Entertainment Life World Stage Theater

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Acting Reviews/Criticism Of Katherine Hepburn in "The Lake" Theater

The audience would have booed and hissed after the first act, but you can't do that and yawn at the same time.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Reviews/Criticism Theater

If they'd stuffed the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Reviews/Criticism Theater When the opening night of the London musical “Gone With the Wind” was marred by an obnoxious young actress and a horse that relieved itself onstage

Two things should be cut – the second act and the child's throat.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Reviews/Criticism On a dull play with an annoying child star Theater

She took her curtain calls as though she has just been un-nailed from the cross.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Reviews/Criticism Curtain calls On Edith Evans Theater

The only thing I didn’t like about The Barretts of Wimpole Street was the play.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Reviews/Criticism “Barretts of Wimpole Street” Theater

I have knocked everything but the knees of the chorus girls, and nature has anticipated me there.

Percy Hammond

(1873–1936) American theater critic

Reviews/Criticism Criticism of a musical Theater

I went into the Plymouth Theater a comparatively young woman, and I staggered out of it three hours later, twenty years older, haggard and broken with suffering.

Dorothy Parker

(1893 – 1967) writer, humorist & poet

Reviews/Criticism Of Tolstoy’s “Redemption” Theater

You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained… I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction… I can get all that at home.

Peter Cook

(1937 – 1995) English satirist, writer & comedian

Entertainment Theater

All through the five acts of that Shakespearean tragedy he played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the Ace.

Eugene Field

(1850 – 1895) American writer

Acting Reviews/Criticism “King Lear” Theater

She stopped the show – but then the show wasn't traveling very fast.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Acting Communication Entertainment Reviews/Criticism Theater

Shut up Arnold, or I’ll direct this play the way you wrote it!

John Dexter

(1925 – 1990) English theatre, opera & film director

Entertainment Theater To dramatist Arnold Wesker

I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free.

Shirley MacLaine

(1934 – ) American actress, dancer, activist & author

Entertainment TV/Movie Quotes As Ouiser in “Steel Magnolias” Plays Theater

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

George S. Kaufman

(1889 – 1961) Am. playwright, theater director & producer & humorist

Entertainment Authors Rehearsals Theater

You can make a killing in the theatre, but not a living.

Another Anderson's Law

Money Murphy’s Laws Theater

For God's sake, go and tell that young man to take that Rockingham tea service out of his tights.

Noel Coward

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter

Entertainment Insults Coward said to the choreographer when a male dancer in one of his plays forgot to wear the proper support Criticism Theater

I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics.

Johnny Mercer

(1909 – 1976) American lyricist, songwriter & singer

Entertainment Insults Reviews/Criticism Of a British musical Songwriting Theater

My life has a superb cast but I can’t figure out the plot.

Ashleigh Brilliant

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Life Cast Plot Theater

Hook and Ladder is the sort of play that gives failures a bad name.

Walter Kerr

(1913 – 1996) writer & Broadway theater critic

Reviews/Criticism “Hook and Ladder” Theater

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Keyword: Theater

In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.

The audience would have booed and hissed after the first act, but you can't do that and yawn at the same time.

If they'd stuffed the child's head up the horse's arse, they would have solved two problems at once.

Two things should be cut – the second act and the child's throat.

She took her curtain calls as though she has just been un-nailed from the cross.

The only thing I didn’t like about The Barretts of Wimpole Street was the play.

I have knocked everything but the knees of the chorus girls, and nature has anticipated me there.

I went into the Plymouth Theater a comparatively young woman, and I staggered out of it three hours later, twenty years older, haggard and broken with suffering.

You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained… I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction… I can get all that at home.

All through the five acts of that Shakespearean tragedy he played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the Ace.

She stopped the show – but then the show wasn't traveling very fast.

Shut up Arnold, or I’ll direct this play the way you wrote it!

I do not see plays, because I can nap at home for free.

At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

You can make a killing in the theatre, but not a living.

For God's sake, go and tell that young man to take that Rockingham tea service out of his tights.

I could eat alphabet soup and shit better lyrics.

My life has a superb cast but I can’t figure out the plot.

Hook and Ladder is the sort of play that gives failures a bad name.