If every play were to be burned...

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If 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

#2

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 8:25pm

Private Lives

#3

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 8:36pm

Just for the irony of it I'd choose Lanford Wilson's BURN THIS.

#4

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 8:37pm

I'll tell you what i wouldn't pick, Copacabana.

#5

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 9:58pm

maybe Angels in America

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#6

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:00pm

This 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.

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#7

re: 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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#8

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:21pm

RENT is a musical not a play.

#9

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:21pm

oh lord coolkid. READ OR SEE SOME GOOD THEATRE PLEASE

#10

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:23pm

I agree with the Shakespeare. I'm going to say 'Twelfth Night'.

#11

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:24pm

It would either be Romeo & Juliet or You Can't Take It With You. I'll get back to you.

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#12

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:24pm

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.

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#13

re: 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?

#14

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:29pm

whats that supposed to mean?

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#15

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:32pm

Well if you were around you would see why people are shooting down CoolKid right and left.

#16

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:32pm

rent just needs to die and people just need to let it.

#17

re: 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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#18

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:34pm

No 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

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#19

re: 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.

#20

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:37pm

Not 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.

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#21

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:39pm

Liverpool 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.

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#22

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:41pm

ok continue delluding yourself then george.

#23

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:45pm

wow you are are not one for debate are you........just little snappy one liners is more your style huh liverpool : )

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#24

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:49pm

there is no debate, you're crazy, i'm right.

#25

re: If every play were to be burned...

Posted: 1/19/08 at 10:49pm

wow. you really went there.

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