Martin Crimp Plays One: Dealing With Clair, Getting Attention, Play With Repeats, the Treatment

Rating:
Summary: Lucky Find
Review: I was in the Collesium Book Store in Manhattan, poking around. Saw this collection of plays in the drama section. Thought I'd take a look. Really great wrtiing for theater here. This guy has an ear for music. You want to start reading it aloud as you're reading it (which is good for a play, don't you think?). The characters and themes are very "here and now". I could identify with the thoughts and feelings of the characters through my own experience (which is not necessarly that of Crimp's plays). He taps into that "collective conscience" that another great playwrite, David Mamet, has mentioned in his own writings about theater. I highly recommend these plays for folks who want to examine the times we're living in. What more can I say? I think I learned a lot about playwriting just by reading these plays. A lucky find, indeed.

Rating:
Summary: Lucky Find
Review: I was in the Collesium Book Store in Manhattan, poking around. Saw this collection of plays in the drama section. Thought I'd take a look. Really great wrtiing for theater here. This guy has an ear for music. You want to start reading it aloud as you're reading it (which is good for a play, don't you think?). The characters and themes are very "here and now". I could identify with the thoughts and feelings of the characters through my own experience (which is not necessarly that of Crimp's plays). He taps into that "collective conscience" that another great playwrite, David Mamet, has mentioned in his own writings about theater. I highly recommend these plays for folks who want to examine the times we're living in. What more can I say? I think I learned a lot about playwriting just by reading these plays. A lucky find, indeed.