The backstage play, in which the private lives of theater people are put onstage for the world to see, is one of the diciest of dramatic genres.

I don't believe we ought to be discriminating against people for their private lives.

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

What people do in their private lives, these are not big issues that our country's dealing with.

People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.

In the end, it is because the media are driven by the power and wealth of private individuals that they turn private lives into public spectacles. If every private life is now potentially public property, it is because private property has undermined public responsibility.