Critics on Criticism

Peter Hay[1] American comedian and writer Mel Brooks was once asked what he thought of critics. “They’re very noisy at night,” he replied at once: “You can’t sleep in the country because of them.” When the interviewer tried to explain

Temple Hauptfleisch* [the Theatre] … was opened for the first time a few days ago – a very pretty one indeed. We felt ourselves obliged to go and to pay a sum for our box, else we should have been

Don Rubin[1] Abstract / Resumé In the following paper─presented at the final Plenary Session of the Gujarat conference on theatre criticism in India in January 2010─Canadian critic Don Rubin establishes a taxonomy of criticism while arguing that expertise and judgment

Mark Brown* The following set of aphorisms can be read as one critic’s personal manifesto. They represent a series of conclusions I have come to in the course of 16 years as a professional theatre critic within Scotland, the UK

Yun-Cheol Kim* (President, IATC) Abstract / Resumé In the following paper―presented as keynote speech at the Gujarat conference on theatre criticism in India in January 2010―Korean critic and President of the IATC reflects on his philosophy of theatre criticism. Dans