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AUTHORS VS. ACTORS

I’m adding a P.S. here to my last post.

While he was playing Macbeth at the University of Tennessee, Anthony Quayle gave an interview to a local paper that has always made me laugh.

When asked if he preferred playing the classics to contemporary works, Quayle admitted that he did. And why was that, the interviewer persisted.

For three reasons, Quayle replied: “They are better-written, they have better parts for actors and (laughing) all the authors are dead.”

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