Meeting Dramatist Mugs

'I called this emergency meeting to discuss the lack of respect I've been getting around here lately.'

'Never mind the dramatics, Watkins. Just read the treasurer's report.'

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty. It's always my intention to leave you laughing."

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

'If you were disturbed by any issues raised, please call your mum.'

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

'They all want to play the star.'

Southwark Fair.

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

'Hamlet'

Jean-Paul Sartre

"I had a fear of speaking in front of people, which is why I shadow puppet and sing the lessons."

Trump! The Musical

"You owe me five bucks."

'How's everyone doing tonight - that is the question.'

Canned laughter for sale in Theatrical Supplies shop.

"If it appears that I only act like I'm working, it's because I minored in Theater."

'Here's something that should suit your wooden acting style. How do you fancy playing the lead in Pinocchio?'

"O Lord—why art thou such a drama queen?"

Madame Rejane- Famous French Actress in the Part of Madame Sans Gene

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.

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

A man taking a bow

"My only love sprung from my only hate!"

'Every new year Gym membership goes up - for the Panto season.'

Jack-a-box in the theatre.

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

Macbeth: Take Two

Henrik Ibsen,

"I take it you got the lead in the school play."

Tragedy/Schadenfreude

"So, to sum up, I would like to say that Shakespeare is an awesome genius in the same category as Albert Einstein and Jerry Garcia."

"Get off the stage and get a copy of 'Studies of Laughter in Interaction'—I think you'll enjoy it."

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