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FALL THEATRE by Stephen Andrade

Something about the seeming independence of the theater is shattered when I realize that no matter how good or bad a play

is, the script is

just a piece of literature, and the Drama people who act. Neither stand on their own, But what comes first, the good script or the

means

can't find the inside.

(Everybody

is

a

critic, and I always loi

the interpretation, etc., etc., etc.) This mei company shows a 2,000 year old epic, the a

good actor?

stage is preyed upon. So why is it that in America the unknown actor, artist and

The Theater cannot simply rely on a great script. Greek classics which should by now be the most worn out plays in

romantic

nee.

history, make big comebacks. Then new pi 20th century living and contempoi

playwright are hungry and tired? What happened to the Barrymore myth of drinking all night and rehearsing all day? It's a culture-starve.

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Antigone


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