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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000052.txt from 2004/11

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:33:42 -0500

"The art of the theater=E2=80=94notoriously an =E2=80=9Cimpure=E2=80=9D art=
=E2=80=94seems to be as close to=20
the art of politics as it is to poetry, painting or music. The theater=20
artist, whether actor or playwright, depends on the interest and support of=20=
an=20
audience, just as the politician depends upon his constituency. The politici=
an=20
cannot practice his art at all without a grant from his constituency; and so=
he=20
must first of all woo it. And the theater artist cannot practice his art wit=
hout=20
real people assembled before a real stage; a theater without an audience is=20=
a=20
contradiction in terms. That is why both politics and the theater are=20
necessarily so close to the public mood and the public mind of their times."

-Francis Fergusson (1904=E2=80=931986) U.S. drama critic, educator
=E2=80=9CThe American Theater between the Wars,=E2=80=9D The Human Image in=
Dramatic=20
Literature, 1957

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