the importance of popular art
28th November 2016 | for Creatives | art, reaching your audience, value the art, acting, Kenneth Branagh |
"I had firm convictions of the importance of popular art, and of its power to make life seem richer and better. I knew in my bones that drama need not be elitist."
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