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Bezig met laden... Balloondoor Karen Sunce
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This play is set in pre-revolutionary France, as diplomats no longer in favor join with scientists and scholars in a salon along with Benjamin Franklin. The subject quickly turns to the American Revolution, then over only a year, and the characters in the play assume the roles of key players to act out parts of Franklin's life in pantomime. Specifically, the pantomimes relate to Franklin's relationship with his son, exiled in England and penniless because he had been a Loyalist. Other players attempt to reach some resolution that will enable Franklin to forgive his son; the resolution is ambiguous. In general, a well-written play, but bearing marks of a bygone era in writing style - longish speeches, no fear of using long words, which is probably essential anyway if you're writing Benjamin Franklin as a character surrounded by other intellectuals. This was not a crowd that would pander to a generation with a stunted attention span from too many hours of watching TV, and the author wasn't afraid to let them use their vocabulary. It also shows, thanks to the transitional forms in the play, the evolution of the play from the era of Tennessee Williams and Eugene O'Neill to the era of Honey BooBoo and Sex and the City. An interesting, somewhat quirky work. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
On the eve of his departure from Paris, Benjamin Franklin and his French contemporaries avoid goodbyes by engaging in charades and parlor games. The passions of revolution are overshadowed by the intensity of personal relationships in this structurally inventive play within a play. ..".the power of BALLOON is its density...magnificence...poignancy... Encountering BALLOON bears some resemblance to being overwhelmed while assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle, but then relishing its finished design." The Times (London) "It's absolutely first-rate...serious, intelligent, challenging, a play that's humane in its concerns, vividly theatrical, and gracefully written with one sharp epigram after another...full-blooded drama, layered with meaning...intriguing conceit...the individual in history, both as shaper and thing shaped...a play about the shapes of lives and the fates of nations." The Record ..".intriguing...arresting ideas...full of an engaging playfulness, an admirable seriousness." Women's Wear Daily " Sunde] converts our text book history into flesh and blood passions... People achieving greatly, now and then crippled by arrogance and intolerance, suffering mightily, dazzled by possibilities, devastated by disappointments yet continuing and surviving are what she dramatizes." The Villager Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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