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Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
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the United States of America
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