If every play were to be burned...
If every play were to be burned...
#1If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 8:20pm
and you could save only one, which would you save?
What do you think is the most important piece of dramatic literature for future generations?
I was thinking about this, I would probably pick something of Shakespeare's. There's a reason why we still read his works today.
What would you pick?
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Updated On: 1/19/08 at 08:20 PM
Yankeefan007
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morosco
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#2re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 8:36pmJust for the irony of it I'd choose Lanford Wilson's BURN THIS.
#3re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 8:37pmI'll tell you what i wouldn't pick, Copacabana.
#4re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 9:58pmmaybe Angels in America
<-- Gwen Stewart, SOLoist at the last show of RENT
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george95
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#5re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:00pmThis is an impossible question, but I do agree for the sake of Western Civ I would pick something from Shakespeare---how about Julius Caesar---still relevant as it was in the 1590's.
coolkid11776
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#6re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:20pm
I would Pick RENT bc it has such a strong message and It's a show I feel everyone should see
It is kind of in the process of being burned with the closing coming in a couple of months (I don't want it to close)
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#8re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:21pmoh lord coolkid. READ OR SEE SOME GOOD THEATRE PLEASE
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#9re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:23pmI agree with the Shakespeare. I'm going to say 'Twelfth Night'.
Gothampc
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#10re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:24pmIt would either be Romeo & Juliet or You Can't Take It With You. I'll get back to you.
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#11re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:24pmHey liverpool lay off Coolkid. He likes RENT and if you want to get into a discussion about what constitues GOOD theater well that's one thing but there is nothing productive or worthwhile about just shooting down someone's opinion for no apparent reason.
neddyfrank2
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#12re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:28pm
Hey liverpool lay off Coolkid. He likes RENT and if you want to get into a discussion about what constitues GOOD theater well that's one thing but there is nothing productive or worthwhile about just shooting down someone's opinion for no apparent reason.
Where have you been the last four days?
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neddyfrank2
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#14re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:32pmWell if you were around you would see why people are shooting down CoolKid right and left.
#15re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:32pmrent just needs to die and people just need to let it.
#16re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:34pm
I need to read it, but The Little Dog Laughed, just because it makes me happy.
Or the obvious answer, Hamlet.
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george95
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#17re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:34pmNo sorry didnt get the "hate on coolkid" memo. And liverpool if you want rent to die so bad then take it off your lists of favorite shows............oh yeah now what I found you out oh yeahhhhhhhhh i got you yeahhhhhhhhh
#18re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:36pm
i like the show, BUT IT'S TIME FOR IT TO GO.
it's become a shell of it's former self. an empty husk. What rent is today is almost a joke.
#19re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:37pmNot that I've read many plays (but working on it!), but I'd say something Shakespeare because, as ahmelie said, there's a reason his work is still studied today. Of the Shakespeare I've read, I'd say Julius Caesar.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
george95
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#20re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:39pmLiverpool dont get me wrong, every time I see Rent I need to be held back from jumping up on stage and kicking some butt to some of those undeserving actors up there. But to say its a shell of its former self? Not by a longshot. It is maybe two mediocre actors in the show at any given time. So I think you are exaggerating.
#21re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:41pmok continue delluding yourself then george.
george95
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#22re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:45pmwow you are are not one for debate are you........just little snappy one liners is more your style huh liverpool : )
#23re: If every play were to be burned...
Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:49pmthere is no debate, you're crazy, i'm right.
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