Dear Brutus
Actually, if you hammed it up, it would lose something, because part of the hilarity is in how serious everyone takes themselves.
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So yeah, I dunno. Really good read, though. Oct 15, Wanda marked it as to-read Shelves: Listen here - https: May 30, Ebster Davis rated it liked it. This is a play about second chances and how useless they are. A group of middle aged couples are given a chance to re-write their lives when they are invited to 'the wood' a magical place that appears once a year on midsummer eve in this one guy's backyard.
Most storis along this line of thinking deal with how life's choices change our character, or rather how our character is defined by the choices we make, and that is what I was expecting from this story. Thinking in partucular of a lot of t This is a play about second chances and how useless they are. Thinking in partucular of a lot of time travel stories Mr Barrie completely disagrees with this line of thinking. Character isn't formed by accident. Getting the "right" job or marrying the "right" person doesn't complete you.
It takes effort to become the person you want to be. The tone of the story is thoughtful, but there are some pretty funny and some sad parts too Particularly Margaret the Might-Have-Been. Makes it super-difficult to keep track of who's married to who when they're talking.
As was the case with "A Kiss For Cinderella" I'd really like to see this as a play to see how the heck they translated some of these ideas from the page to the stage.
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Jul 01, Ruth rated it really liked it. My evaluation of this play is probably permanently clouded by the fog of reminiscence. I played a part in this play when I was a senior in high school. It would be interesting to see the rest of the cast now, and ask if they'd be any different if allowed to enter that magic wood again.
Nov 26, April Mccaffrey rated it really liked it. Very whimsical, funny and sad story. Purdie was certainly an arrogant womanizer who led both Mabel and Joanna on a merry chase but after he came out of the woods, he seemed to realise what he was. Will Dearth character was also really interesting and really heartbreaking.
Because all he wanted in life was to have a daughter and he got that but only for such a short amount of time. Alice was so cruel to him i Very whimsical, funny and sad story. Lob is also an interesting character and certainly reminds me of Puck, hence why Purdie references him from the Shakespeare play a Midsummer night's dream. I'm seeing this next Saturday in London at Southwark Playhouse so I'm intrigued to see how it is dne. I did enjoy all the Shakespeare references, however, so I'm feeling generous when it comes to handing out stars. People who are not satisfied with their choices should read this.
The storytelling is fluent and witty. The character desciptions are captivating. And also, if you love reading theatre, read this, visualisation is so good! Feb 04, Anna Bosman rated it liked it. The author of Peter Pan has a misanthropic opinion on humanity.
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Why am I not surprised? Indeed, there's more of consequence to life than of conscious decision. Our lives form around the people that we meet, carrying our selves through right to the very end. How much power do we actually have over fate, agreeing that there is no fate, unless you call fate the consequences and reactions that you cause, often unknowingly, at best half-knowingly?
Barrie says that the brave ones have a choice, but he The author of Peter Pan has a misanthropic opinion on humanity. Barrie says that the brave ones have a choice, but he doesn't sound certain. I say, old age is not giving up the rebellious youth.
Old age is giving up free will beyond redemption and becoming a pattern rather than a man. We all get reduced to patterns eventually. Let us at least form our patterns wisely - while we still can. I felt like this should have been better than it was. But I felt that about The Admirable Crichton too.
Great premise, poor execution. Not awful, but by no means brilliant.
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The son of a weaver, Barrie studied at the University of Edinburgh. He took up journalism, worked for a Nottingham newspaper, and contributed to various London journals before moving to London in His early works, Auld Licht Idylls and A Window in Thrums , contain fictional sketches of Scottish life and are commonly seen as representative of the Kailyard school.
The publication of The Little Minister established his reputation as a novelist. During the next 10 years Barrie continued writing novels, but gradually his interest turned toward the theatre. In London he met the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired him in writing about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens included in The Little White Bird , then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play" about this ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland.
This play quickly overshadowed his previous work and although he continued to write successfully, it became his best-known work, credited with popularising the name Wendy, which was very uncommon previously. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital, which continues to benefit from them. Purdie - Christopher Evan Welch Mrs.
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You will be redirected back to your article in seconds. The creator of "Peter Pan" devised an "Almostland" for adults in "Dear Brutus," his play of second chances, which Westport's summer theater has dusted off with mixed results. Premier Logo Created with Sketch. Please fill out this field with valid email address. Advertise About Tips Contact Us.