Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama

  • -- George P. Baker 乔治·P·贝克

回溯到野蛮和文明时代,在所有语言中,我们都能从模仿行为中找到这种本能的快乐,而这正是所有戏剧的精髓所在

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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

因为书不仅仅是书,它们是生命,是过去时代的核心和核心,是人类生存、工作和死亡的原因,是他们生命的本质和精髓。

Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear.

非小说类作品与头脑对话。小说能打动人心。诗歌与灵魂对话。这是美的本质。痛苦的本质。它使人赏心悦目。

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.

每四五百年就需要野蛮一次,才能使世界恢复生机。否则它就会死于文明。

But what is drama? Broadly speaking, it is whatever by imitative action rouses interest or gives pleasure.

但是什么是戏剧呢?从广义上说,它是通过模仿行为引起兴趣或给予乐趣的任何东西。