Whatshisname for M'lady Debileah

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Whatshisname

 

An actor always plays a part.

 He has no personality.

It is the essence of his art

 an actor’s capability

To become anyone at all.

Whoever they’re supposed to be

at least until the curtains fall

Revert to being nobody.

Their whole life is a fantasy.

They don’t know who they really are.

They can cope with reality

 but only so much: Insofar

as I can see, because they can

 act like any other man.

12/07/2009

 

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