Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Patrice Pavis

Born: 1947 (age 78)
Bio: Patrice Pavis was Professor for Theatre Studies at the University of Kent in Canterbury, where he retired at the end of the academic year 2015/16. He has written extensively about performance, focusing his study and research mainly in semiology and interculturalism in theatre.
Known for:
- Theatre at the crossroads of culture (1991)
- Analyzing Performance (2003)
- Languages of the stage (1982)