Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with a special function of its own in human experience.
The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.
Play is play, fun is fun, and work is work. They're different. I work hard; even if it's supposed to be fun for someone else, it's work for me.
The actuality of all of material Nature is therefore kept out of action and that of all corporeality along with it, including the actuality of my body, the body of the cognizing subject.
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline.
A play is a passion.
I simply do not distinguish between work and play.
Play is always voluntary. What might otherwise be play is work if it's forced.
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role.
A play is not a play until it's performed, and unless it's a one-person play that is acted, directed and designed by the author, many other people will be deeply involved in the complicated process that leads to its performance.