Jason Robards

Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that play. The playwright, the actors and the audience, that's what we're all there seeking. When it's working, time is destroyed. Sometimes 'Moon,' a play of four hours, would go by in a snap of the fingers.

American Actor

Kelly Masterson

Stage is so important because it teaches me how to convey character with words - how to convey how a character reacts by the way they appear on stage. I can usually tell a playwright from someone who has never written for the stage. Did the character work? Did the dialogue reveal who the character is?

American Playwright

Patti LuPone

I love what I do, and I love the audience, and I love the fact that I get to do it, and I love, I love our craft very, very, much, and it's a noble craft. We have a responsibility to it, and to the audience, and to the playwright, and to the message. I won't ever care less.

American Musician

Suzanne Collins

I started as a playwright. Any sort of scriptwriting you do helps you hone your story. You have the same demands of creating a plot, developing relatable characters and keeping your audience invested in your story. My books are basically structured like three-act plays.

American Novelist

Peter Shaffer

It is very, very difficult for a playwright to write a scene in which a young man has his first deep experience of sex with a girl whom he found immensely attractive, is fully satisfied by this event and gets up and blinds a lot of horses.

English Playwright

Robert Anderson

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.

Harriet Walter

Male playwrights, on the whole, are probably more interested in male characters. They need women characters to be the women in their lives or to be the domestic difficulty.

English Actress

Phylicia Rashad

If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?

American Actress

Laura Wade

It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.

British Playwright

John Guare

Playwrights specifically write for theatrical performances, not novels or other forms of writing.

Theater Focus

Famous playwrights often shape culture and literature, influencing society through their plays.

Cultural Impact

Some playwrights are notably historical figures whose works are still studied today.

Historical Significance

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Marc Pachter: The art of...

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Ben Cameron: The true...

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My journey from Marine...

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Inside a cartoonist's...

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Five Pirate Myths That...

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The true power of the...

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Why invest in the...

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How The Moon Affects Our...

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