GBS

Feb 03, 2012 10:19

"I do not want actors and actresses to understand my plays.  This is not necessary.  If they will only pronounce the correct sounds, I can guarantee the results."
-- George Bernard Shaw
I'm not sure I agree with that - hell, I'm not even sure GBS did - but I sure love the line.  Gearing up for more "illuminated" audiobooks, control freak that I am, I ( Read more... )

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la_marquise_de_ February 3 2012, 15:44:36 UTC
I have mixed feelings about Shaw. On the one hand, the plays. On the other... I can't help a creeping suspicion that for all his cleverness he was rather proud of his tendency to be cruel.

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