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Post by Stephen on Mar 14, 2022 16:37:31 GMT
I have fallen out of one of my favourite habits to help switch off - reading a good play.
I have three full shelves at home which I’ve made it through but thought of starting a new thread with some suggestions.
I’ve wanted to read Photograph 51 for a while so will likely start with that.
Anyone recommend some fun/well written plays with come comic elements too?
Reading a play on the train to work is a much better habit than staring at my phone!
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Post by couldileaveyou on Mar 14, 2022 16:52:28 GMT
I have no real suggestion, but I'll be watching this thread since I too have lost the habit of reading plays in the past couple of years. I realized that last year I read/re-read only half a dozen plays (The Son, Three Tall Women, Mr Burns, Baltimore Waltz, Crimp's adaptation of Cyrano, and Summer and Smoke), all excellent but not very humorous I'm afraid. Now that bookshops are open again I'll try to browse The Calder Bookshop and the National Theatre Bookshop hoping to find something new to read. The staff is usually very helpful, knowledgeable, and gives great suggestions.
There are some new American plays I want to check out but it's really annoying that it takes so long for them to be printed, unlike new plays in the UK that tend to publish the script by the time previews begin.
Funnily enough I was thinking of Photograph 51 a couple of days ago and about how I wasn't very impressed when I saw it on stage but it kinda and unexpectedly stayed with me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2022 18:07:30 GMT
Lucy Kirkwood and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm's plays are terrific reads.
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Post by justfran on Mar 14, 2022 19:37:34 GMT
Noel Coward plays are a fun read and humorous. I highly recommend Present Laughter, Private Lives and Design for Living. Mojo by Jez Butterworth is a good read too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2022 19:44:36 GMT
I mean, I'd of course recommend Little Wars, published by Nick Hern, because I wrote it haha! But truly, I'd suggest checking out nickhernbooks.co.uk and looking at their catalogue. You can order from them too. I'm biased as they're my publisher, but I think they publish some of the most exciting new work and there's a lot of great stuff to read. I often place a big order and have them shipped over to me in the states for a reading binge. Faber and Faber www.faber.co.uk/product-category/drama/ also publish some great stuff. If you are in London, I always suggest a browse at the Royal Court's book shop (check their site for hours). Lots of great stuff there as well as the National Theatre's gift shop (has an amazing drama section). |
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