Richard Gilman
Richard Gilman
Richard Martin Gilmanwas an American drama and literary critic. He was a professor at the Yale School of Drama for 31 years and the author of five books of criticism, and a memoir...
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I don't think of myself as a critic or teacher either, but simply - and at the obvious risk of disingenuousness - as someone who teaches, writes drama criticism (and other things) and feels that the American compulsion to take your identity from your profession, with its corollary of only one trade to a practitioner, may be a convenience to society but is burdensome and constricting to yourself.
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