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George P Baker Quotes

Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible Picture Quote #1

The drama is a great revealer of life Picture Quote #1

Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama Picture Quote #1

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure Picture Quote #1

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action Picture Quote #1

In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending Picture Quote #1

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Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else Picture Quote #1

Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men Picture Quote #1

We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements Picture Quote #1

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature Picture Quote #1

Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present - day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation Picture Quote #1

What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death Picture Quote #1

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Possibly, a crush is merely the attraction a person has for another person. Most relationships start with some sort of attraction. You see someone you like or you see things about a person you like and feel attracted to them. Many mistake this for love, but attraction is a powerful force Picture Quote #1

No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given Picture Quote #1

Acted drama requires surrender of one’s self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops Picture Quote #1

Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be Picture Quote #1

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Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible (George P Baker Quotes) The drama is a great revealer of life (George P Baker Quotes) Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama (George P Baker Quotes) But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure (George P Baker Quotes) In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action (George P Baker Quotes) In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending (George P Baker Quotes) Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else (George P Baker Quotes) Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men (George P Baker Quotes) We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements (George P Baker Quotes) When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself, we reach dramatic literature (George P Baker Quotes) Out of the past come the standards for judging the present; standards in turn to be shaped by the practice of present - day dramatists into broader standards for the next generation (George P Baker Quotes) What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death (George P Baker Quotes) Possibly, a crush is merely the attraction a person has for another person. Most relationships start with some sort of attraction. You see someone you like or you see things about a person you like and feel attracted to them. Many mistake this for love, but attraction is a powerful force (George P Baker Quotes) No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given (George P Baker Quotes) Acted drama requires surrender of one’s self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops (George P Baker Quotes) Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be (George P Baker Quotes)