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Bezig met laden... Harvey [play]door Mary Chase
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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. "Reality! I wrestled with reality for forty years, doctor, and I am happy to state that I've now got reality just where I want it!" I saw the movie version of Harvey in my heedless youth and thought it was an amusing film about alcoholism. A chance re-watching on TCM recently revealed greater depths, and I bought the play and found it a minor masterpiece of unexpected insight. I want to find out more about Mary Chase. A classic of comedic theatre. A man has a six-foot white rabbit that no one else can see. His sister thinks it's time for him to be committed. A misunderstanding at the sanitorium leads to all sorts of comedic mayhem. The ultimate question: what is the nature of reality? How do we deal with things we can't see? The characters are well drawn out, especially Elwood and Veta, and the play is just a lot of good old fun. Decide for yourself - is there really such a thing as a pooka? 4648. Harvey Comedy in Three Acts, by Mary Chase (read 6 Dec 2009) (Pulitzer Drama prize for 1945) I have seen this performed, most notably at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS, where my daughter was in the cast. I laughed so hard It hurt. The same is true when I heard the play on the radio or saw it on TV. Reading it is a less uproariously comic adventure. It is only the 4th Pulitzer-prize-winning play I've read. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Is opgenomen in50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] door Clive Barnes (indirect) Heeft de bewerkingHeeft als studiegids voor studentenPrijzen
THE STORY: When Elwood P. Dowd starts to introduce his imaginary friend, Harvey, a six-and-a-half-foot rabbit, to guests at a society party, his sister, Veta, has seen as much of his eccentric behavior as she can tolerate. She decides to have him committed to a sanitarium to spare her daughter, Myrtle Mae, and their family from future embarrassment. Problems arise, however, when Veta herself is mistakenly assumed to be on the verge of lunacy when she explains to doctors that years of living with Elwood's hallucination have caused her to see Harvey also! The doctors commit Veta instead of Elwood, but when the truth comes out, the search is on for Elwood and his invisible companion. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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