As Waves Of Change Swamp Criticism, Plays Will Endure

“Our time is an exceptionally rough one for criticism. With the dizzying changes in the way we communicate altering the whole fabric of our social life, we are going through a double revolution, and revolutions are never optimal moments for integrity and clarity of thought. The critic–whether viewed by the theater as an enemy, a necessary gadfly, a creative partner, or a poor relation to be tolerated–was never more than a small part of the picture.”