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Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be.

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Best Drama Even Never Oneself Read Should

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Farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible.

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Farce Impossible Improbable Possible Probable Treats

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Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Absorb Acted Develops Drama Play Requires Self Surrender Sympathetic

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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 Pierce Baker

Topics: Action Ages Back Barbarism Civilization Drama Essence Find Instinctive Pleasure Through Tongues Very

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But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure.

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Action Drama Gives Interest Pleasure Speaking Whatever

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In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results.

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Audience Brought Choice Drama Eager Even Freedom Give Great Great Results Individual Instruction Involved Itself Listening Perfect Periods Results Subject Sympathetic Treatment

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

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Action Always Any Great However Loses Much Play Plays Reading Remembered Seen Should

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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 Pierce Baker

Topics: Absurd Best Character Ending Enough Farce Granted Logically Move Once Premise Situation Some Start Today

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No drama, however great, is entirely independent of the stage on which it is given.

~George Pierce Baker

Topics: Drama Entirely Given Great However Independent Stage Which

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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 Pierce Baker

Topics: Broader Come Generation Judging Next Next Generation Out Past Practice Present Shaped Standards Turn

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: April 4th, 1866

Died: January 6th, 1935

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