Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Either of These Plays Worth Seeing?

  1. #1
    Registered User Rores28's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Posts
    508

    Either of These Plays Worth Seeing?

    I don't know too much about theatre but I've been going to shows more often. However, I only go to those that obviously have a good track record (ancient Greek, Shakespeare, Tenessee Williams etc..). These two plays are being performed near me with 10 dollar ticket prices. Anyone know anything about / seen them that can attest to their quality?

    Thanks!

    After the Revolution
    Written by Amy Herzog

    Nathan the Wise
    Written by Gottholt Lessing, adapted and translated by Edward Kemp
    Check out my blog it has basically nothing to do with literature.
    http://slingsandarrowsandtheproudman.blogspot.com/

  2. #2
    Registered User kelby_lake's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Posts
    3,620
    I've never heard of either of them, so I'm not sure what that says about their quality. There's a film director called Werner Herzog, so maybe Amy is a relation. Look at what each play is about and then see if the story interests you.

  3. #3
    Dance Magic Dance OrphanPip's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2009
    Location
    Kuala Lumpur but from Canada
    Posts
    4,163
    Blog Entries
    25
    Nathan the Wise is a German classic, but I've never read it. You probably can't go wrong with that one.
    "If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
    - Margaret Atwood

  4. #4
    Registered User Rores28's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2010
    Posts
    508
    Thanks pip and lake. You were the two who I was expecting to respond . I shall see them with the next couple of months and report back.
    Check out my blog it has basically nothing to do with literature.
    http://slingsandarrowsandtheproudman.blogspot.com/

  5. #5
    defying description inbetween's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    germany
    Posts
    131

    Smile

    I read and have seen Nathan der Weise (school made me)... well german classic...not quite... it's Aufklährung... and so all the persons in the play are being tought something (by nathan...) well it's not bad... but it ain't fun... you'd propably rahter stick to oscar wilde... or to some shakespear comedy... (gaslight is also pretty good)

    or start and try musicals.... little shop of horrors, my fair lady (pygmalion as a play ain't bad but the songs make it even better... though the ending remains wrong in either version..) or if you like it bloody and victorion go and see sweeney todd... ^^
    Friends help you move. Good friends help you move bodies.

Similar Threads

  1. Did Shakespeare write the plays?
    By Emil Miller in forum Shakespeare, William
    Replies: 141
    Last Post: 11-14-2011, 05:37 PM
  2. Titanic Top 10s! This Time: The Top 10 Greatest Plays!
    By Lord Macbeth in forum General Literature
    Replies: 53
    Last Post: 01-24-2011, 03:59 AM
  3. True Worth
    By mazHur in forum Personal Poetry
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 06-10-2009, 09:56 PM
  4. is one life worth more than another? what do you think?
    By jekan blazer in forum General Chat
    Replies: 15
    Last Post: 02-12-2009, 01:54 PM
  5. Replies: 4
    Last Post: 03-27-2007, 06:33 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •