—But onstage, my dear, onstage it is in the very interstice between the full-blooded physical forms of the actors that the spark is struck. It is in that space between two gazes that search each other out, between two fingertips that nearly touch…. And danger? For the actor, every dram of it is in the theater. Not because of crocodiles and sabers, you understand, but because the edge of the stage is a precipice! For there are no takes in the theater, Evelyn; no second chances.
