Once the language was in the actors’ minds, and their bodies were freed from blocking, and in relationship to real architecture, they became virtuosi… - Sarah Ruhl

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Once the language was in the actors’ minds, and their bodies were freed from blocking, and in relationship to real architecture, they became virtuosic. Metaphor suddenly had a more intimate relationship with reality. The actor was real, the staircase was real, the emotion was real, and the language floated on top.

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