Harold Brighouse (1882–1958)
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1882-07-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1958-07-25
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Eccles, Lancashire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- London, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Manchester, England, UK
- Beroepen
- playwright
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- Werken
- 13
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- 5
- Leden
- 150
- Populariteit
- #138,700
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 26
This is a pretty solid social comedy, the jokes reminded me of the humour of 'Till Death Do Us Part' or 'All in the Family' if your american. The ending might seem a bit harsh to some of the characters but this is a tough time to live in and 'being nice' is a relative term anyway.
So an easy 3-stars when watched/read in a void... however!
Its also clearly a reimagining of [b:King Lear|12938|King Lear|William Shakespeare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1331563731s/12938.jpg|2342136], and on that basis i gave it an extra star. Personally i always thought Lear himself a bit of an ass and was rooting for the evil daughters most of the time :P . The writer of this play seems of a similar opinion.
I also love the differences shown here between the qualities of a good daughter in shakespears time and a good daughter in 1915. There's a lot you can examine in what the playwright chooses to leave and change between the two works.
Edit: Note nobody else seems to be reading it as King Lear 2.0, so maybe its just me :) .… (meer)