Clive Barnes Quotes

With few exceptions ... most jukebox musicals need a story line. But 'Ring of Fire' is basically just a Cash-and-carry anthology of an iconic singer. - Clive Barnes

The mother is not dying exactly, but has reached a point in life where death is a familiar on the staircase. - Clive Barnes

Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. - Clive Barnes

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing. - Clive Barnes

It benefits from its nine-person cast, superb from top to bottom, and, let's face it, expectations so reduced as to be almost minimal. - Clive Barnes

Dialogue more tame than Wilde. - Clive Barnes

As hard as the nails on a crucifix. - Clive Barnes

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