“ Yet these paradoxes [of theatre] do not represent a flaw or weakness in the logic of theatrical construction; rather, they show the theatre’s essential strength, which lies in its kinship and concern with the ambiguity and irony of human life. For it is we- the people of the real world- who are at the same time spontaneous yet premeditating, candid yet contriving, unique yet self-repeating, comprehensible yet fundamentally unknown and unknowable. The theatre shows us and is us, in all of our living complexity.
Cohen, Theatre 9th edition
