Passion Play

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Summary: A play on life gone awry at an all boys boarding school
Review: Ted Blain, prefessor at Woodberry Forest School for Boys, knows what he's talking about when it comes to the situations disturbing his young students minds, and understands intimately the atmosphere they live and breathe in. With this knowledge in hand, he has sculpted the Montpelier School for Boys where some unexpected events have thrown the campus into turmoil.

I won't spoil any of the juicy details here, but you won't be bored at any point by the action and suspense that runs through the five acts of this play. However, this ability to master suspense and drama is not the most impressive shown by Mister Blain. Even with the turmoil, he manages to show the ability of Montpelier Students to continue with their everyday lives, even in the midst of tragedy. Whether it be problems with girlfriends, displeasure at teachers, or the search for some hidden secret, the boys in this book live their lives while at the same time coping with the danger lurking on their campus.

Just like the rest of us, the boys have no clue who the real villain is until his drastic unveiling (or should I say unveining?) at the very end of the play, yet they are able to continue in their paths, unlike us the audience who is enraptured by the twists, turns, and tragedy of this magnificent novel.