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The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

Robert Brustein

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Robert Brustein
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 21
Journalist
Playwright
Theatre Critic
Theatrical Director
Theatrical Producer
New York City
New York
Robert Sanford Brustein
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