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I hoped the dramatic power of the play would rest on that tension between elegant structure - the underlying plan is tha

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"I hoped the dramatic power of the play would rest on that tension between elegant structure - the underlying plan is that you see the first and last meeting of every couple in the play - and inelegant emotion"

- Patrick Marber

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This quote is written / told by Patrick Marber somewhere between September 19, 1964 and today. He/she was a famous Writer from England. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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