I don't feel that catharsis in a play necessarily takes place during the course of a play. Often it should take place afterward.
Edward AlbeeSincerity doesn't mean anything. A person can be sincere and be more destructive than a person who is insincere.
Edward AlbeeIn rehearsals I get so completely wrapped up with the reality that's occurring on stage that by the time the play has opened I'm not usually quite as aware of the distinctions between what I'd intended and the result. There are many ways of getting the same result.
Edward AlbeeI don't pay much attention to how the plays relate thematically to each other. I think that's very dangerous to do, because in the theater one is self-conscious enough without planning ahead or wondering about the thematic relation from one play to the next. One hopes that one is developing, and writing interestingly, and that's where it should end, I think.
Edward Albee