Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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)