| − | '''Robert Benchley''' (1889-1945) was an [[American]] [[humorist]] and [[actor]]. His works include ''Love Conquers All'' (1922), ''My Ten Years in a Quandary'' (1936), and ''Benchley Beside Himself'' (1943).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref> He is best remembered for a single quote:{{cquote|Opera is when a man gets stabbed in the back, and, instead of bleeding, sings.<br> --Robert Benchley}} | + | '''Robert Benchley''' (1889-1945) was an [[American]] humorist and [[actor]]. His works include ''Love Conquers All'' (1922), ''My Ten Years in a Quandary'' (1936), and ''Benchley Beside Himself'' (1943).<ref>''The New York Public Library Student's Desk Reference''. Prentice Hall, New York, 1993.</ref> He is best remembered for a single quote:{{cquote|Opera is when a man gets stabbed in the back, and, instead of bleeding, sings.<br> --Robert Benchley}} |