The theatre is like a Catholic Mass of language.
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I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.
Theatricality is a concept. It's not a specific language.
Theatre can be so patronising. So often, it's just proselytising for the theatre.
Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.
The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.
It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.
Theatre has no national identity. It is something for the world, whether it is Irish, English, or French.
If you think about it, if you've ever been to a Catholic service, it's practically a laser light show. It's very dramatic, very theatrical. The outfits they wear, it's all designed to be impressive.
Religion is close to theatre; much of its power comes from the effects of staging and framing.
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.
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