tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1271573560638565258..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Is the play the thing?... by Cally Phillips Katherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76617040843797581802012-11-05T09:18:59.628+00:002012-11-05T09:18:59.628+00:00Thanks for the comments folks. I expect Bond will ...Thanks for the comments folks. I expect Bond will leave you shaken and not a little bit stirred Julia! <br /><br />I suppose that since like Jan I've spent a lot of time reading playscripts I never really think of them as 'hard' or unaccessible. But of course those who haven't read plays since Shakespeare in school might find the concept a bit odd. But I say - pick a cheap ebook play on a subject that interests you and 'dive in' If the writer is doing their job properly then you SHOULD as reader be able to 'imagine' what's going on - it's just a stylistic difference and I think can allow your mind to be a bit freer in some ways than reading prose fiction can do. It's NOT the same as seeing a play on stage of course, but only in the way that reading an ebook isn't the same as reading a paperback. I think it's more transferable to read a playscript than to watch a recorded performance where you TOTALLY miss some of the importance of the play. I'd rather read a playscript of a play than watch a recorded version (unless it's been adapted) of a play. Horses for courses of course, but my aim's just to make stuff AVAILABLE for folks to choose and maybe choose to take a risk and try something different! CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-58942272677233323992012-11-04T23:18:59.013+00:002012-11-04T23:18:59.013+00:00I'm currently reading Bond is Back - and you;r...I'm currently reading Bond is Back - and you;re right of course, it is very readablejulia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-81789892994548782732012-11-04T13:25:45.159+00:002012-11-04T13:25:45.159+00:00Lovely post Cally. I don't normally read play...Lovely post Cally. I don't normally read play-scripts, but you've changed my mind!Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-55094766457320067502012-11-04T11:55:32.422+00:002012-11-04T11:55:32.422+00:00Great post, Cally. As you'll remember, I expr...Great post, Cally. As you'll remember, I expressed disbelief when you said how much you admired Barrie, but that was based purely on P Pan. I've now read the Admirable C and in the process remembered seeing years and years ago a film version with Kenneth More saying the wonderful line 'Clement weather, my lord.'<br /><br />'Down the Line' is great. I hope to interest the local Youth Theatre, the Pegasus, in it.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-40618664787890591402012-11-04T11:24:17.587+00:002012-11-04T11:24:17.587+00:00I read this with great interest, Cally! It makes m...I read this with great interest, Cally! It makes me want to find out more about Barry, and read Down The Line.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.com