The Sixth Night.
The White Tiger (2008)
“Theatre supposes lives that are poor and agitated, a people searching in dreams for a refuge from thought.”
Le Théâtre du peuple (1903)
Context: Theatre supposes lives that are poor and agitated, a people searching in dreams for a refuge from thought. If we were happier and freer we should not feel hungry for theatre.... A people that is happy and free has need of festivities more than of theatres; it will always see in itself the finest spectacle.
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French author 1866–1944Related quotes

“Theatre is almost the last place in the world of culture where living people meet living people.”
Source: [Interview with Joshua Sobol In Residence at Israeli Stage, Israeli Stage, 6 April 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUAhlp2yLZ8] (quote at 11:17 of 18:14)
Quote, 24 March 1895, from Denis' Journal; as cited on Wikipedia: Maurice Denis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Denis - reference [16]
1890 - 1920

“My dreams are a stupid refuge, like an umbrella against a thunderbolt.”
Ibid., p. 101
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Os meus sonhos são um refúgio estúpido, como um guarda-chuva contra um raio.

“I love musical theatre and my dream is to do Once On This Island.”
Rebecca Lynne Tan, "Swan song for Syesha", The Straits Times (Singapore), May 17, 2008.
On her future plans

“"And… / If you need me / and can't find me / search for me in a dream"
(from E…, 2004)”
Song lyrics