George Jean Nathan Theatre Quotations

The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers.

Drama - what literature does at night.

Men go to the theatre to forget; women, to remember.

Opening Night: The night before the play is ready to open.

In the theatre, a hero is one who believes that all women are ladies, a villain one who believes that all ladies are women.