"In avant garde drama ... primitivism goes hand in hand with aesthetic experimentation designed to advance the technical progress of the art itself by exploring fundamental questions: What is a theatre? What is a play? What is an actor? What is a spectator? What is the relation between them all? What conditions serve this best?"

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Source : C. D. Innes (1993). “Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992”, p.3, Psychology Press

C. D. Innes

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“If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.”
“People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to belittle or condescend or to show arrogance toward their beliefs.”
“When Jerusalem is destroyed, and Jesus' people escape from the ruin just in time, that will be YHWH becoming king, bringing about the liberation of his true covenant people, the true return from exile, the beginning of the new world order”
“A good friend of mine once told me that each morning when you wake up, think about winning the day.Â Don't worry about a week from now or a month from now - just think about one day at a time.Â If you are worried about the mountain in the distance, you might trip over the molehill right in front of you.Â Win the day!”
“Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.”
“I am not in the least given to any violent interest in womankind, however, such as has addled the country's brains of late. Give me a manandwoman world: 'tis good enough!”

Source : Louise Imogen Guiney (1926). “Letters of Louise Imogen Guiney”
“I am honored to be selected as the 2012 Miss Golden Globe. It's very exciting to be a part of an awards show like the Golden Globes so early on in my career.”
“You only realize how much you love somebody when one day they dont love you back.”

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