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15th May 2007, 2:44pm
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| Plays/Playwrights
Ok I haven't gotten around to reading any science fiction, what with exams but I am also interested in plays and I have always wanted to write one but I want to read a lot more before i give it a go. Anyway know any good/interesting playwrights? All I am really familar with is Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams and of course Shakespeare. Any suggestions?
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15th May 2007, 2:52pm
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#2 | | triggerhappy's hubby
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| Re: Plays/Playwrights
read some:
douglas maxwell (especially 'helmet' and 'decky does a bronco')
david greig
liz lochhead
tony kushner
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15th May 2007, 3:21pm
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#3 | | Shaming the Devil
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Joe Orton
Jean Paul Sartre
Bertholt Brecht
Chekhov (Just kidding)
Winnie Holzman
Jeff Marx
Kenny Lopez
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17th May 2007, 10:02pm
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| Re: Plays/Playwrights
Dip into some Christopher Marlowe if you enjoyed Shakespeare. I'd also recommend the Ancient Greeks such as Sophocles and Euripides. And I second Tony Krusher's Angels in America. | |
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17th May 2007, 10:03pm
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| Re: Plays/Playwrights
If you want sidesplitting laughter and life-affirming levity you can't go wrong with a bit of Samuel Beckett.
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17th May 2007, 10:49pm
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I'm interested in samuel beckett, only really heard about him a few weeks ago when i wanted to go and see 'end game' but i shall see happy days hopefully in a few weeks. Apparently it's quite weird and hard too understand according to my flatmate
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#7 | | Highlight Of The Night!
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| Re: Plays/Playwrights
David Mamet. That shit is tight.
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17th May 2007, 11:01pm
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| Re: Plays/Playwrights
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Originally Posted by PrincessGarnet  I'm interested in samuel beckett, only really heard about him a few weeks ago when i wanted to go and see 'end game' but i shall see happy days hopefully in a few weeks. Apparently it's quite weird and hard too understand according to my flatmate | It's not that hard to understand. Everything's pointless and we're all slowly dying and things are only going to get more shit, until you die and then there's nothing at all.
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18th May 2007, 12:58pm
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#9 | | triggerhappy's hubby
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if you're interested in beckett, this is stunning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdTjRumkT9k
it's in two parts. that's the first. directed by anthony mingella with juliet stevenson, alan rickman and kirsten scott thomas.
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Originally Posted by Drusilla_mac I'd also recommend the Ancient Greeks such as Sophocles and Euripides. | seconded.
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