"Never forget that the spoken word is not twice nor three times, but five times as potent as the written word, so that what would occupy a page in a novel should take up only five lines in a play." Terence Rattigan (quoted in Michael Darlow, Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work) Continue reading Almanac: Terence Rattigan on the difference between plays and novels at About Last Night.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM on February 11, 2021