Favourite play ever?
Jordaxia
05-04-2005, 01:42
Not really all that much to say, really, I was just wanting to go to the theatre again and was reminded of my most favourite play. The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, by Brecht.
I really should've thought this through a little more, but never mind. This is quite probably the shortest first post I've ever done.
So with that out of the road, what do you consider to be the finest theatrical work of all time? Any genre, naturally.
The Naro Alen
05-04-2005, 01:45
King Lear, Shakespeare.
Granted, I'm not well-versed in theatrical performances, but I do love King Lear.
Tom Taylor's "Our American Cousin"
It killed me!
Secluded Islands
05-04-2005, 01:49
Othello
Franziskonia
05-04-2005, 01:51
"Leonce und Lena" by Georg Büchner.
Too bad I can't afford tickets for the newest installment here in Berlin. I saw it on TV, though, It was just great.
Close seconds are:
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Monkeypimp
05-04-2005, 01:52
Shuriken.
i havent seen that many plays, but Death of a Salesman was pretty awesome
Cannot think of a name
05-04-2005, 01:53
I should really have more to say here, but sadly I don't. So instead of something like Brecht, which I should know more about, I'm going to go with some Miller-
Under the Bridge and I'm not even sure thats what its called.
I was a dramaturg on Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for a major theater festival and grew a profound respect for that piece and Alby as a writer. That play is thicker than any one piece should be. For that matter Zoo Story is pretty cool. I just assisted in putting together a period pre-show radio deal for Waiting for Lefty, which is kinda cool but not 'greatest ever'.
My collaborator says Invention of Love by Stoppard, but he's a huge Stoppard guy. I haven't read it.
Jordaxia
05-04-2005, 01:55
I do like Othello a lot, Iago is a fantastic character. Merchant of venice I like also, Shylock, natch. Something about Shakespeares villains that's so utterly great. I think it's the language, myself.
Tom Taylor's "Our American Cousin"
It killed me!
Bad pun.
Lacadaemon
05-04-2005, 01:59
The Winslow Boy.
Seriously, though Oedipus Tyrannus.
Bad pun.
Ya busted me... I was trying to slide that in under the radar...
Swimmingpool
05-04-2005, 02:04
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.
Lacadaemon
05-04-2005, 02:05
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose.
I've met his ex-wife. (She is friends with an ex-).
Apparently, he's a dick.
Saturday, Sunday, Monday is an incredible play
I've always wanted to see an actual performance of Romeo, You Idiot! I've never actually gotten the chance though. A little short played called Hard Candy is hilarious too.