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<p>Hellenic Theatre Inc was founded in 1949 by Chrysostomos Mantouridis ( Χρυσόστομος Μαντουρίδης), a Greek-Cypriot born in Egypt, a multi-talented man and a visionary. C.Mantouridis apart from directing and acting was involved in set design, painting, sculpture, interior design and writing. He brought with him the cosmopolitan artistic style of Egypt when he migrated to Australia the same year. He remained as its artistic director up to his death in 1980. Since then, Hellenic Theatre Inc has been operating as a not-for-profit organisation, a registered charity, managed by an Executive Committee, who is responsible for its artistic direction and development.</p>
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<p><em><strong>"Drama is exposure; it is confrontation; it is contradiction and it leads to analysis, construction, recognition, and eventually to an awakening of understanding."</strong></em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Peter Brook</strong></em></p>
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<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">“Η Τέχνη είναι μεγάλη, θα την πλησιάσουμε με ευλάβεια και σεβασμό. Δεν έχουμε το δικαίωμα να την κατεβάζουμε στο ανάστημα μας.”</span></i></b></p>
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<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">“Η αφετηρία και η βάση του θεάτρου, όπως και κάθε μορφής τέχνης, είναι η ποίηση και η μαγεία. Αν λείψουν αυτά, δεν υπάρχει θέατρο.</span>”</i></b></p>
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<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL;">Κάρολος Κουν</span></i></b></p>
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