Is it an old-fashioned and outmoded means of communication, rapidly being submerged in the tide of electronic multimedia (like this home page?) Does it reach only comparatively small audiences at a showing, grossing pitifully small box office returns as compared with Star Wars or Seinfeld? Does it cater only to an élite audience, ignoring mass sensibilities? Does it need to be subsidized privately, and sometimes, with your tax $$ to survive? Is it centered in New York City - physically, artistically, emotionally, politically, exporting “liberal” minority views to the vast hinterland beyond the Hudson? Is it limping on its last legs, a fabulous but ailing invalid? If you answered in the affirmative to all of the above, you’d be in the majority - at least the majority of us who never go to the theatre. By the way, how many times have you seen a live theatrical performance? Check one: So why bother to study theatre at all? Check as many as you like. Whatever…   Go home… Go on to General Concepts… © 1999 - 2001 Anthony M. Watts Site design and animations by Margaret’s Folly