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Quote by Robert Brustein
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent. – Robert Brustein

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There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theatre, sufficient for the amusement of an hour. But now, I have lost the power of looking merely on the surface. – Lydia Maria Child

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I submit all my plays to the National Theatre for rejection. To assure myself I am seeing clearly. – Howard Barker

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