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Enid Bagnold: The theatre is...

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The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

Source: Autobiography, ch. 3, 1969.
-- Enid Bagnold, (Oct 27 1889-1981), English novelist, playwright; She was known for her broad range of subject and style; wrote National Velvet, 1935 and the prize-winning play The Chalk Garden, 1956.


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