Dramatic Opinions and Essays, volume 1 Quotes

“Character actor' is a technical term denoting a clever stage performer who cannot act, and therefore makes an elaborate study of the disguises and stage tricks by which acting can be grotesquely simulated.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Dramatic Opinions and Essays, volume 1

“You cannot have qualifications without experience; and you cannot have experience without personal interest and bias. That may not be an ideal arrangement; but it is the way the world is built and we must make the best of it.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Dramatic Opinions and Essays, volume 1

“Usually I enjoy a first night as a surgeon enjoys an operation: this time I enjoyed it as a playgoer enjoys a pleasant performance.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Dramatic Opinions and Essays, volume 1