Monthly Archives: March 2007

the zoo story and other plays — edward albee

4 stars

The zoo story:
Two men, Peter and Jerry meet at a bench in Cen­tral Park New York. Jerry stars talk­ing to Peter, who is reluc­tant to give up his peace. Jerry how­ever is not hav­ing it and keeps ram­bling. Peter is slowly giv­ing in, until Jerry is tak­ing “his” bench. Jerry is behav­ing stranger and stranger and at the end Peter and Jerry clash with a dis­as­trous result.
The sand­box:
A strange lit­tle play with Mommy and Daddy who take Grandma to the beach, where even­tu­ally the Young man takes a spe­cial role in Grandma’s life.

this is a pre­view of the zoo story and other plays — edward albee. read the full post (141 words & 1 image, esti­mated 34 secs read­ing time)
March 29, 2007 – 17:35 | By eb | Posted in plays | Tagged , | Comments (0)

harry potter and the order of the phoenix — j.k. rowling

3 stars

This is the fifth book in the famous and by now clas­sic story of Harry Pot­ter the teenage wiz­ard. “He-who-must-not-be-named” is back now for only a lit­tle while and the world already isn’t the same any­more. Peo­ple fight a lot, Hog­warts is taken over by the Min­istry of Magic (which is not a good thing), Harry Pot­ter is being por­trayed as a liar and last but not least “the order of the Phoenix” is being formed again after almost 16 years. So much for a quiet year.

this is a pre­view of harry pot­ter and the order of the phoenix — j.k. rowl­ing. read the full post (178 words & 1 image, esti­mated 43 secs read­ing time)
March 29, 2007 – 17:27 | By eb | Posted in children, fantasy, into movies | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

the importance of being earnest — oscar wilde

3 stars

A very uncom­pli­cated and amus­ing play. This play has every­thing a good clas­sic play should have: char­ac­ters with secrets, a sit­u­a­tion that starts easy but spins out of con­trol in no time, love inter­ests, con­fu­sion of tongues, lit­tle fights, a moral and a happy ending.

The char­ac­ters with secrets are John/Jack and Alger­non. The love inter­ests are Lane and Cecily. The sit­u­a­tion is John want­ing to marry Cecily, but she only wants to marry an Earnest. The con­fu­sion is in all the names the char­ac­ters have. The fight is between Alger­non and John. The moral is: be your­self and truth­ful and the happy ending…well, I think I don’t have to say any­thing about that.

this is a pre­view of the impor­tance of being earnest — oscar wilde. read the full post (129 words & 1 image, esti­mated 31 secs read­ing time)
March 29, 2007 – 17:19 | By eb | Posted in classics, humor, into movies, plays | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

i capture the castle — dodie smith

3 stars

A nice lit­tle story told in jour­nal form. Cas­san­dra is the one who is telling the story about her life and love(s).

She lives in a cas­tle where also live: her strange father, step­mother Topaz, sis­ter Rose, brother Thomas and help Stephen. When the fam­ily of which they rent the cas­tle, comes to Eng­land (from the USA) the story really sets of. Two young men, Simon and Neil, belong to that fam­ily and steal the harts of Rose and Cas­san­dra with whom Stephen is hope­lessly in love.

this is a pre­view of i cap­ture the cas­tle — dodie smith. read the full post (123 words & 1 image, esti­mated 30 secs read­ing time)
March 29, 2007 – 16:23 | By eb | Posted in children, into movies, romance | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)