tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post3932323090002623434..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: The Play's The ThingStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-66057616180497890942009-03-29T15:41:00.000+01:002009-03-29T15:41:00.000+01:00History Boys is a very good play. I am shocked to ...History Boys is a very good play. I am shocked to see that there is no An Inspector Calls on the list but then thats GCSE text now. I went and saw it last night and thought (bar the awfully acted inspector himself) it was absolutely brilliant!Savidge Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188492593913938737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-19943437122251766282009-03-29T02:51:00.000+01:002009-03-29T02:51:00.000+01:00History Boys is a great play to see performed, alt...History Boys is a great play to see performed, although I've never read it. <BR/><BR/>I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on Rock 'n' Roll, only because I'm due to see it in May (at the same theatre where I saw History Boys, as a matter of fact).Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-65407891686008138932009-03-28T23:05:00.000+00:002009-03-28T23:05:00.000+00:00The weird thing about reading plays is the way tha...The weird thing about reading plays is the way that the action seems to go so quickly. It's more like a film or a comic than a novel.<BR/><BR/>My recommendation: Stoppard's <I>The Invention of Love</I>. Best play ever about Latin translation.Rowlandhttp://www.rowlandmanthorpe.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56966117485380658462009-03-27T09:35:00.000+00:002009-03-27T09:35:00.000+00:00Goodness what a fascinating list. I have a backgro...Goodness what a fascinating list. I have a background in theatre but avoided drama as much as I could during my studies. I'd love to hear your opinion on the post-1950 ones, or indeed on all of them.harriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04470091985662379182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-21060111867709120862009-03-27T08:19:00.000+00:002009-03-27T08:19:00.000+00:00Oh what a lovely "Oh What a Lovely War" or to be b...Oh what a lovely "Oh What a Lovely War" or to be be accurate , oh what a thought provoking "Oh What a Lovely War".<BR/>We were lucky enough to see big-top production of this just along from the National Theatre when the children were just about old enough. They still talk about it sometimes.<BR/>I even used some of it in a history presentation on conscription in the first world war which I finished up with the final scene from "Blackadder Goes Forth" (the scene where they "go over the top" and the action goes into slow motion..<BR/><BR/>I haven't read "Cloud Nine" by Caryl Churchill" but "did" "Top Girls" when at college and was thrilled to get amazing exam marks for it. I remember years previously that my mother and aunt went to the theatre expecting to see Peter Ustinov but got the week wrong. Top Girls was on and my aunt was so horrified at the play that she made my mother walk in the middle of the play.<BR/><BR/>The most recent play I have read is "the Pitmen Painters".<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading about the plays you have read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-20901016778126320452009-03-27T03:06:00.000+00:002009-03-27T03:06:00.000+00:00Huzzah for Our Country's Good and History Boys. I ...Huzzah for Our Country's Good and History Boys. I did Our Country's Good two years ago (the costumes), and in fact I saw a production of History Boys last night. It was completely fabulous. I love what that play says about history and literature and life, and pretty much everything else. Thanks for reminding me I ought to blog about it.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779787207182248909noreply@blogger.com