Meeting Dramatist Pillows

'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."

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

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

'They all want to play the star.'

"Welcome to Off-Off-Off Broadway."

'Hamlet'

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

Southwark Fair.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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.

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

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

"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

A man taking a bow

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

Jack-a-box in the theatre.

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

"My only love sprung from my only hate!"

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

Henrik Ibsen,

Macbeth: Take Two

Shakespeare in the Park: "To pee, or not to pee..."

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

'It was a play on words...and a bad one at that!'

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

A pretention of playwrights

Tragedy/Schadenfreude