Seen any good plays lately?

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There was a festival here in Orlando called "Orlando Festival of New Plays"...

Last night my friend and I went to see a play called 'La Putain Avec les Fleurs'. I was pretty good.
They had this one prop (a trunk), which they used for every scene turning it into something else...very resourceful. Th

On the way to the festival, we passed another theatre that was performing "To Kill A Mockingbird". We tried to get in, but the waiting list was too long. It was free, the other play was 8 bucks.


I've only seen a few plays, but will definitely start going to more. Right now they are doing Dracula. I missed out on the Shakespeare festival they had.

[Tevya The Dairyman]

I saw the play "Tevya The Dairyman" in the Yidish Language.
in hebrew: èáéä äçåìá Tevya Hacholev
in yidish: Tevye Der Milchikar
It wa wonderful play, but you can't compare it to the movie version - "Fiddler On The Roof" which I recommend you all to see.

[The Children of the Revolution]

I missed out on the Shakespeare festival they had.


Bad luck!

I'm afraid few can beat the genius of Shakespeare.
Especially his masterpieces; "Hamlet", "Othello", and "Macbeth" to name but a few.

The only play I have seen that comes close was a musical version of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" put on my local drama production team a while back. They managed to make it truly entertaining, and got the political message across superbly. (I even spotted a few tears when Boxer was led off!!!)

[Saint-Just]

I saw a professional production of George Orwell's 1984 recently. The most notable thing about this production was its use of film projected on to a large white screen behind and to the side of the actors. I dislike George Orwell but I like 1984 in how it depicts the future. His view of the future attracts me in many of its aspects. Since I dislike George Orwell and Winston and Julia are the two characters who portray his views, I enjoy their torture.

The production was extremely graphic, particularly the torture scenes. The film was used because of the complexity of the settings, they project film on to a large white wall whilst the actors play their part using props on the stage. The filmed much of it in Moscow to depict the imposing concrete architecture and vast public spaces and rows of tower blocks mentioned in the book.

[The Children of the Revolution]

I saw a professional production of George Orwell's 1984 recently.


Wow&#33; <Incredibly jealous fuming for 10 minutes>

Why do you not like George Orwell, Chairman Mao? He was THE political commentator of his time; his works are seminal classics&#33; Please, is there something about him I should know? <_<

Or is it his specific views that you dislike?

Either way, I don&#39;t expect he&#39;ll mind now&#33; :P

Thanks

[Saint-Just]

I like some things about him. He was a good writer and he had a very good knowledge of the English language. I do not like his views, he was essentially a British Socialist (I am a Marxist-Leninist), when it came to the hard-left he favoured the more anti-Soviet tendencies, Anarchism and so on. I wish Homage To Catalonia had ended like 1984.

[The Children of the Revolution]

Ok, fair enough.

I like him for the same reasons - his extraordinary literary talent. I don&#39;t claim to know what he was like as a person, but I think he deserves a lot of respect.

He lived on the streets for three years, and produced "Down and Out in Paris and London" as a result - another masterpiece. His political views, as you say, tended towards socialism. However, in the context in which he lived, I think these were admirable.

I also think his actions - fighting in the Spanish Civil War for example - stand out particularly well. He was a man unafraid to champion his cause; whatever that may have been.