Dramatic Artist Pillows

Samuel Beckett

"The minute I read this play, I knew I had to bring the hammer of our judicial system down on everybody connected with it, but before I do, I'd like to audition for the part of Eddie."

"To torture an insect or not to torture an insect, that is the question."

Thought for today: "All the world's a stage." - Shakespeare. And boy, are there a lot of drama critics.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Southwark Fair.

"To be or not to be."

"Oh, mournful and terrible engine of horror and crime—of agony and of death, not asparagus again!"

Canned laughter for sale in Theatrical Supplies shop.

Scarpia from Tosca

Jack-a-box in the theatre.

Brünnhilde's Funeral Pyre

A man taking a bow

Comedy and tragedy masks

Shakespeare. Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. "To be or not to be, that is the question". "We are such stuff …As dreams are made of …" "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would small as sweet." That Shakespeare guy had some neat sound bites.

'The classic masks of Comedy and Tragedy, or as they're now known, emoticons.'

Henrik Ibsen,

"Leon, honey, you break all the rules of dramaturgy."

We Will Beat Any Genuine Quote...

'Shakespeare, what do you say we write a comedy?'

'We'll send you to acting class when you're older. For now, get up and get ready for school.'

Tosca stabs Scarpia

'Look Chaucer, there goes that rotten plagiarist Shakespeare again!'

'Shakespeare's Hamlet word for word - and I who always thought it was a crazy joke.'

James Barrie.

Eugene Ionesco

"An actor ... huh, that’s funny, because you look just like a waiter."

"‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation in a Freaking Gymnastics Camp and Nearly Broke My Neck,’ by Delia McConnell."

The Modern Godot

"Although the depiction of gangland activity in this film is not accurate over all, I would like to go on record as saying that I am not entirely displeased with Mr. Robert De Niro's portrayal of a gentleman whom I take to have been a former associate of yours truly."

John Masefield.

'Just tell him two quarts of milk and a pint of cream, Will- it doesn't have to be a sonnet.'

Scientific Method Acting

"Tonight the part normally played by the audience will be played by actors playing the part of the audience."

Oscar Wilde