George Pierce Baker
George Pierce Baker
George Pierce Baker was an American educator in the field of drama...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth4 April 1866
CountryUnited States of America
assumed death far period recent tragic understand
What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.
felt human immature impulse pretend rare
Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else.
great however loses remembered seen
In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.
best
Drama read to oneself is never drama at its best, and is not even drama as it should be.