Performance of a lifetime
Theatre is often reduced to performance. An actor memorizes lines, puts on a costume and inhabits a life long enough to make it convincing. We tend to assume that is what makes it theatrical: the act of becoming someone else. But performance is only one part of it. A theatre also has a director, a s
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Dhaka Tribune Independent
Theatre is often reduced to performance. An actor memorizes lines, puts on a costume and inhabits a life long enough to make it convincing. We tend to assume that is what makes it theatrical: the act of becoming someone else. But performance is only one part of it. A theatre also