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Yup, still hate Beckett

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett

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CBR11bingo: Back to School One day a few years ago, my husband came home and suggested we see Waiting for Godot, which was being performed by a local theater company. I said, “I have a better idea, let’s schedule a couple’s colonoscopy instead, because that would be equally as fun.” Needless to say, he hasn’t broached the subject of Samuel Beckett since. But as I pondered the CBR Back to School bingo square, I wondered whether I may have been unfair. I hadn’t read any Beckett since college; perhaps my opinion had changed. Waiting for Godot has generally been lauded […]

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9/29/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:44 |

Bingo is really making me branch out!

Agatha Christie: the Lost Plays by Agatha Christie

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cbr11bingo – Classics Hope this counts! I have a hard time keeping my attention on most of the classics, so I looked for a full-cast audio of something fairly light, and this one was quickly available on Overdrive. In 2015, the BBC rereleased these three plays of Christie’s that were thought to be lost. The audio also includes an interview with the author, the cast of the Mouse Trap, and with the lone radio actor who was still alive when the collection was published. The plays in the collection are: Butter in a Lordly Dish, written for the radio in […]

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9/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:60 |

It’s about the Monkey Trial but so much more

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

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Cbr11bingo History/schmistory Inherit the Wind, the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, was inspired by the “Scopes Monkey Trial” of 1925. That real historic event brought the attention of the nation to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, as two titans — William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow — battled in a courtroom over the place of Darwin’s theory of evolution in the classroom. This matter, sadly, is still debated today, which makes the play as timely as ever. Yet, Inherit the Wind is not just about science and religion. In interviews decades after the play and movie […]

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8/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:38 |

He is powered by PLAY!

Unstoppable Me by Susan Vere

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Susan Vere has created an extremely modern in style, wording and feelings story in Unstoppable Me. One of the few classically stereotypical elements, is the fact our young narrator has both the Mother/Father dynamic.  However, they are an only child, therefore bringing the dynamic back into a more modern theme. Andrew Joyner has created some amazingly bright illustrations. They, paired with fun, beginning reader text, allows the young listener and the early reader having access to a story they can both enjoy listening to, looking at and reading themselves. Joyner’s illustrations have you seeing all colors and types of people. […]

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7/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:290 |

Love is an ass

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

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As I’m heading to London tomorrow to see this performed in the open air I decided a read of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was in order. It’s also exactly the right time of year to read or see this play as the lazy, long, days of summer are a defining characteristic of this story. This is a story of star-crossed lovers, jealousy, and mistaken identity tangled up in the ongoing games of immortal fairies. Hermia is being forced to marry Demetrius (who loves her) but Hermia is in love with Lysander. Also tangled here is Helena who still love […]

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7/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:10 |

Harry is a bad, bad man

Harry Clarke by David Cale

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Oh, man.  This play.   This is a one-man play, and it is definitely not for everyone.  I’m still trying to decide if I liked it or not. I think I did, but then I also think that might make me a bad person.  Oh well! Harry Clarke doesn’t exist.  Not really. He’s a character that Philip creates for himself at the tender young age of eight.  Philip, a born-and-raised Indiana boy, only feels like himself when he speaks with an English accent.  So he does, to the dismay of his father. (And my first reaction to hearing Philip’s “English […]

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3/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:17 |

I would have less rage watching this, because I would not have to experience the awful stage directions!

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany

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I’m a big Harry Potter fan.  I went to the midnight book and movie releases, I have Harry Potter merch, I know what house I’m in. (Gryffindor who wants to be a Hufflepuff, in case you were wondering.)  So I bought this when it first came out. Did I read it? No. And I don’t have very high expectations going into it. Because I’m the Harry Potter fan who reads fanfiction.  I’ve been reading fanfiction for over 10 years.  And in those 10+ years, I’ve come across some truly awesome stuff.  People pour their heart and soul into these journeys […]

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11/17/2018 's CBR10 Review No:50 |

A dream deferred might dry up like a raisin in the sun

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

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I picked up A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry because it was on my list of 50 Books Every Woman Should Read Before she Turns 40. It was a quick read for me while I was on my epic backpacking trip this summer. A Raisin in the Sun is an award-winning play that debuted on Broadway in 1959. According to Wikipedia, it was unique at the time for having an almost all-black cast that performed for the primarily white, Broadway audiences. It also drew more black people to the traditionally, mostly white theater audiences. Even though I knew nothing about the plot of […]

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11/15/2018 's CBR10 Review No:40 |


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