“ Love in France is a comedy; in England a tragedy; in Italy an opera seria; and in Germany a melodrama. ”
- Lady Marguerite Blessington- Copy
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“ One can play comedy, two are required for melodrama, but a tragedy demands three. ”
- Elbert Hubbard- Copy
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“ Every week we had a different story and setting. Some were costume and period; some were modern. Some were comedy; some were tragedy. Some were melodrama. They were all different. ”
- Douglas Fairbanks Sr.- Copy
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“ Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama. ”
- Michiko Kakutani- Copy
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“ Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is a salient feature of modern life. ”
- Stefan Kanfer- Copy
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“ History is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case may be, and many a sudden stagetrick. ”
- Max Nordau- Copy
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“ I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970. ”
- Virgil Thomson- Copy
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“ You bet I arrived overnight. Over a few hundred nights in the Catskills, in vaudeville, in clubs and on Broadway. ”
- Danny Kaye- Copy
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