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Quote by Peter Brook
“The one truth is that theatre is a living experience. As long as it’s alive, it’s alive.”
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The quote presents theatre as something experienced in the moment rather than as a fixed object. Its meaning depends on being “alive”: present, unfolding, and shared as it happens. Repeating the idea emphasizes that theatre remains theatre through this ongoing, immediate experience.
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