James Agate
James Agate
James Evershed Agatewas a British diarist and critic. In the period between the wars, he was one of Britain's most influential theatre critics. After working in his father's business until his late twenties he found his way into journalism, being on the staff of The Manchester Guardian; drama critic for The Saturday Review, and The Sunday Times, and holding the same post for the BBC...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth9 September 1877
abnormal looks force
Your Englishman, confronted by something abnormal will always pretend that it isn't there. If, however, you force him to look into it, he'll at once pretend that he sees the object not for what it is but for something that he would like it to be.
play pay
Shaw's plays are the price we pay for Shaw's prefaces.
horse new-york night
I... wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain.
pity
Don't pity me now, don't pity me never; I'm going to do nothing for ever and ever.
women years feet
This was an actress who, for twenty years, had the world at her feet. She kicked it away, and the ball rolled out of her reach.
player theatre facts
Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.
new-year years great-year
New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time.
admire english man modest
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it.
jobs work men
A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.
air atmosphere brain clears enables horse hours london merely night sit till wonder york
I wonder what it is in the New York air that enables me to sit up till all hours of the night in an atmosphere which in London would make a horse dizzy, but here merely clears the brain
men insulting england
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.