In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, betwe…

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In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness. ✨ Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). Tom Stoppard in Conversation, p.178, University of Michigan Press
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In the theater there is often a tension, almost a contradiction, between the way real people would think and behave, and a kind of imposed dramaticness. ✨ Tom Stoppard, Paul Delaney (1994). Tom Stoppard in Conversation, p.178, University of Michigan Press

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