"Theatre has often been called a Whore, meaning its art is impure, but today it is true in another sense- Whores take the money and then go short on the pleasure."
Brook is speaking of the section of acting that he refers to as 'The deadly theatre' He believes that actors and directors create dull, lifeless plays which do nothing to stimulate the audiences attention. He feels that onlookers to the perfromances will pretend to be interested and exillerated by the intense experience of Shakspeare et al, but will really be bored and more than a little confused. He names this is 'Deadly theatre' because he claims that it is what killed theatre. To name his profession to be 'Whore-like' is more than a little out of the ordinary, Brook feels that drama has become a dirty sport, stealing peoples money with the promise of 'a good time' and then boring them into sleeping states.
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