Theatre is Territory

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If it’s broke . . .

Monday, August 25th, 2008

. . . fix it. University of North Carolina theatre professor and Theatre Ideas blogger Scott Walters argues the case for the theatre generalist:

“. . . given the economics of theatre, the generalist is vastly more valuable than the specialist, and that theatre history bears this out. Moliere was a great playwright AND the leading actor for his company AND the head of the company. Shakespeare was a great playwright AND and actor in his company AND one of the owners of the company. The specialist is a symptom of our industrial approach to the creation of theatre art, a model that is fast becoming economical unworkable.”
– Scott Walters
Mike Lawler – on travel