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Theatre remains the only thing I understand. It is in the community of theatre that I have my being. In spite of jealousies and fears, emotional conflicts and human tensions in spite of the penalty of success and the dread of failure in spite of tears and feverish gaiety this is the only life I know. It is the life I love.

Robert Helpmann

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Robert Helpmann
Age: 77 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 9
Died: 1986
Died: September 28
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Theatrical Director
Mount Gambier
South Australia
Australia
Sir Robert Murray Helpmann
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