Favorite Play

10-15-2002, 04:48 AM

For me it's a toss up between The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov or Death of a Salesman by Miller.

Samsa · 10-15-2002, 04:51 AM

OK FINE

I ADMIT IT

YOU ARE AN ENGLISH MAJOR

Enzed · 10-15-2002, 05:04 AM

well, I did see a good local production of 'Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern are dead', so by proxy, that'll do for now.

cozmic · 10-15-2002, 05:22 AM

I don't know...

I think I'm somewhat partial to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Nurse Ratched was one of my most favorite roles to ever play. But thinking back on it, I wasn't too enchanted with the story as a whole.

I don't know near as many plays as I would like to, but Miller's The Crucible has one of the most beautiful moments I've ever witnessed... when John Proctor cries, "... because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" Damn I love that moment. Just thinking of it makes me want to cry... It was just so powerful.

So yeah... maybe The Crucible.

10-15-2002, 05:44 AM

Yeah the Crucible is fucking sweet. I rate Death of a Salesman above it only because the point it makes is one that everyone needs to come to grips with.

gloomy0 · 07:47 AM

Hamlet, I absolutely love everything about this play. All it’s intricacies, ironies, the depth of the storyline, the complexity of the main characters; especially Hamlet, Claudius (I think I misspelt it), and Ophelia. Hamlet himself is almost an anti-hero at times, fuck how I love that!

ravenguy2000 · 10-15-2002, 08:35 AM

Death of a Salesman. I love it how there are tiny details everywhere that just define their characters perfectly, just by tiny little things. The depth of characterization and such is just astonishing.

jenn · 10-15-2002, 08:56 AM

rent... *shrug*

Sepiae · 10-15-2002, 09:03 AM

The Crucible. I was in it last year, and it was the most challenging thing I've ever done. And I would do it again in a heartbeat. (Okay, fine, plus it was only time I ever got a standing ovation.)

Plus Hamlet because it can be done in so many ways, and A Streetcar Named Desire. What I would have given to see Brando on Broadway in that!

10-15-2002, 10:02 AM

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Originally posted by Sepiae
The Crucible. I was in it last year, and it was the most challenging thing I've ever done. And I would do it again in a heartbeat. (Okay, fine, plus it was only time I ever got a standing ovation.)

Plus Hamlet because it can be done in so many ways, and A Streetcar Named Desire. What I would have given to see Brando on Broadway in that!

Yeah, one of my brief flirtations with theatre was playing Danforth in high school. It was a hell of a lot of fun, strutting about the stage and screaming at everyone. I've always wanted to play Hale, though. He's my favorite character in it. Who did you play?

Oh and I'm glad you mentioned Tennessee Williams. I really need to read more of his stuff. I loved Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, I would really like to play Big Daddy.

Jaggie · 10-15-2002, 04:28 PM

Death Of A Salesman, Julius Caesar, The 6th Man.

slunky_munky · 10-15-2002, 04:47 PM

Pinter - No Man's Land
Aeschylus - Chorephoroi

and my favourite of Shakespeare would Othello or Merchant Of Venice

sawdust restaurants · 10-15-2002, 05:02 PM

As far as Miller goes: The Crucible is chock full of those utterly gut-wrenching moments. When Elizabeth Proctor tells Danforth that John isn't a lecher, thus pretty much condemning him to death ... I mean ... god damn. Death of a Salesman is the superior play artistically (its breadth is just astounding), but I like The Crucible better.

Sepiae · 10-15-2002, 05:27 PM

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Originally posted by Mr. Rhinoceros

Yeah, one of my brief flirtations with theatre was playing Danforth in high school. It was a hell of a lot of fun, strutting about the stage and screaming at everyone. I've always wanted to play Hale, though. He's my favorite character in it. Who did you play?

Oh and I'm glad you mentioned Tennessee Williams. I really need to read more of his stuff. I loved Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, I would really like to play Big Daddy.

I played Elizabeth Proctor. It was exhausting, since she is so tight lipped and silent, but there is so much to convey in that. The scene in the courtroom, with the pacing of John shouting "I confessed" right after she says he isn't a lecher and she's drug right of the courtroom was just awesome.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a neat play. I've read a lot of his work, but beyond those two, not much of it appealed to me.

lucky_13 · 10-15-2002, 05:37 PM

angels in america. i'm obsessed. i can't wait to see the hbo movie.

streetcar is pretty good. but i compare it to the movie too much.

as for shakespeare, i like seeing midsummer performed because each production is so different. but i do have a thing for richard the third and hamlet.

Sepiae · 10-15-2002, 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by lucky_13

as for shakespeare, i like seeing midsummer performed because each production is so different

I directed that once. We actually set it in a disco.

10-15-2002, 05:42 PM

Sorry, friends, but it's all about The Bald Soprano.

lucky_13 · 10-15-2002, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sepiae

I directed that once. We actually set it in a disco.

was that before or after the donkey show came about?

jenniferkate · 10-15-2002, 06:04 PM

who's afraid of virginia woolf?

Sepiae · 10-15-2002, 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by lucky_13

was that before or after the donkey show came about?

I do not know about that to which you refer. But it was about 2 and a half years ago.

T.G. Clown · 06:15 PM

equus
streetcar named desire
amadeus
glen garry glen ross
lost in yonkers
paino lesson
the crucible
julius caesar

frail_and_bedazzled · 10-15-2002, 06:34 PM

i dunno. probably something by oscar wilde.

also, what little genet i've read i've liked.

lucky_13 · 10-15-2002, 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by Sepiae

I do not know about that to which you refer. But it was about 2 and a half years ago.

http://www.thedonkeyshow.com/

Kashmyr · 10-15-2002, 07:07 PM

Waiting for Godot

King Lear

Sepiae · 10-15-2002, 07:12 PM

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Originally posted by lucky_13
http://www.thedonkeyshow.com/

Wow...it's really funny that I had that idea in the middle of 10th grade apropos of nothing.

Tessellation · 10-15-2002, 07:24 PM

sleuth

amadeus

waiting for godot

the allergist's wife

little monsters

glengarry glenn ross

Oblivious · 10-15-2002, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by T.G. Clown
equus

that's my first choice. i got to play a horse when a now defunct local troupe did a production of it.

i also really like:
too much light makes the baby go blind
master harold and the boys
waiting for godot

10-15-2002, 10:07 PM

Othello

Iago is by far Shakespeare's best villian.

10-15-2002, 04:48 AM	#1
Mr. Rhinoceros Posts: n/a	Favorite Play For me it's a toss up between The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov or Death of a Salesman by Miller.

10-15-2002, 07:45 AM	#6
gloomy0 Amish Rake Fighter Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Posts: 19	Hamlet, I absolutely love everything about this play. All it’s intricacies, ironies, the depth of the storyline, the complexity of the main characters; especially Hamlet, Claudius (I think I misspelt it), and Ophelia. Hamlet himself is almost an anti-hero at times, fuck how I love that! Last edited by gloomy0 : 10-15-2002 at 07:47 AM.

10-15-2002, 06:04 PM	#19
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10-15-2002, 06:12 PM	#21
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10-15-2002, 04:51 AM	#2
Samsa Banned Location: A theater near you Posts: 7,929	OK FINE I ADMIT IT YOU ARE AN ENGLISH MAJOR

10-15-2002, 05:04 AM	#3
Enzed Apocalyptic Poster Location: Next door Posts: 2,540	well, I did see a good local production of 'Rosenkrantz and Guilderstern are dead', so by proxy, that'll do for now.

10-15-2002, 05:22 AM	#4
cozmic Pledge Location: austin Posts: 181	I don't know... I think I'm somewhat partial to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Nurse Ratched was one of my most favorite roles to ever play. But thinking back on it, I wasn't too enchanted with the story as a whole. I don't know near as many plays as I would like to, but Miller's The Crucible has one of the most beautiful moments I've ever witnessed... when John Proctor cries, "... because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!" Damn I love that moment. Just thinking of it makes me want to cry... It was just so powerful. So yeah... maybe The Crucible.

10-15-2002, 05:44 AM	#5
Mr. Rhinoceros Posts: n/a	Yeah the Crucible is fucking sweet. I rate Death of a Salesman above it only because the point it makes is one that everyone needs to come to grips with.

10-15-2002, 08:35 AM	#7
ravenguy2000 NO FATS Location: NO FEMS Posts: 29,008	Death of a Salesman. I love it how there are tiny details everywhere that just define their characters perfectly, just by tiny little things. The depth of characterization and such is just astonishing.

10-15-2002, 08:56 AM	#8
jenn Minion of Satan Location: new york Posts: 6,325	rent... shrug

10-15-2002, 09:03 AM	#9
Sepiae is a modern day sex camel Location: Boston, baby Posts: 7,662	The Crucible. I was in it last year, and it was the most challenging thing I've ever done. And I would do it again in a heartbeat. (Okay, fine, plus it was only time I ever got a standing ovation.) Plus Hamlet because it can be done in so many ways, and A Streetcar Named Desire. What I would have given to see Brando on Broadway in that!

10-15-2002, 04:28 PM	#11
Jaggie Ownz Posts: 914	Death Of A Salesman, Julius Caesar, The 6th Man.

10-15-2002, 04:47 PM	#12
slunky_munky Demi-God Posts: 252	Pinter - No Man's Land Aeschylus - Chorephoroi and my favourite of Shakespeare would Othello or Merchant Of Venice

10-15-2002, 05:02 PM	#13
sawdust restaurants Fucking Creep Location: On the East Coast Posts: 5,992	As far as Miller goes: The Crucible is chock full of those utterly gut-wrenching moments. When Elizabeth Proctor tells Danforth that John isn't a lecher, thus pretty much condemning him to death ... I mean ... god damn. Death of a Salesman is the superior play artistically (its breadth is just astounding), but I like The Crucible better.

10-15-2002, 05:37 PM	#15
lucky_13 Apocalyptic Poster Location: for joke! Posts: 2,235	angels in america. i'm obsessed. i can't wait to see the hbo movie. streetcar is pretty good. but i compare it to the movie too much. as for shakespeare, i like seeing midsummer performed because each production is so different. but i do have a thing for richard the third and hamlet.

10-15-2002, 05:42 PM	#17
el_todd Posts: n/a	Sorry, friends, but it's all about The Bald Soprano.

10-15-2002, 06:34 PM	#22
frail_and_bedazzled Ownz Location: lon guyland Posts: 880	i dunno. probably something by oscar wilde. also, what little genet i've read i've liked.

10-15-2002, 07:07 PM	#24
Kashmyr Pledge Location: sex Posts: 65	Waiting for Godot King Lear

10-15-2002, 10:07 PM	#28
Siva1213 Posts: n/a	Othello Iago is by far Shakespeare's best villian.