"The theatrical occasion was what mattered, the text was only there to make it possible..." (Brecht 130).
"Printing them at all was a matter of little interest, and probably only took place so that the spectators- in other words, those who were present at the actual event, the performance- might have a souvenir of their enjoyment" (Brecht 131).
While he was preparing for the play, Laughton apparently showed no interest in the text of "The Life of Galileo," but instead focused solely on the performance of it. To him, this is all that mattered. He considered the written text to be a "souvenir" from the play for the audience to have, and thus served no other purpose. Do you agree with his point that the most important part of a play is the performance of it? Or does the text of a play matter just as much? Why or why not?
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