The frivolity with which all theatrical activity is conducted has one consoling feature-there are no rules of behavior that apply regularly to any part of the theatre.
One begins with two people on a stage, and one of them had better say something pretty quick.
The theatre breeds its own kind of cruelty, and its sadism takes on a keener edge since it can be enjoyed under the innocent guise of critical judgment.
Charity in the theater begins and ends with those who have a play opening within a week of one's own.