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Book review: Contemporary Plays by African Women

Book review: Contemporary Plays by African Women

Book review of Contemporary Plays by African Women This is a book review of Contemporary Plays by African Women, an anthology by Methuen Drama. In 2020, I decided to start my 52 plays reading challenge. In 2021, I am trying it again. Each week for a year I have to read a script for a play. It can be any kind of play, but the goal is to read at least one a week. Contemporary Plays by African…

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Book review: Conversation-Sinfonietta

Book review of Conversation-Sinfonietta by Jean Tardieu

This book review of Conversation-Sinfonietta by Jean Tardieu, is part of my “A play a week” reading challenge. I aim to read 52 plays in a year, and I’ll review every single one right here on the blog!

A symphony of conversation

It’s a script meant for staging a basic conversation as if it was a choir singing together. This means a few…

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Book review: The Keyhole

Book review of The Keyhole by Jean Tardieu

This book review of The Keyhole by Jean Tardieu, is a part of my “A play a week” reading challenge. Basically, it means that I try to read a play each week for a year, ending up with 52 scripts in total. So really, The Keyhole is more a script than an actual book.

The Keyhole and absurd voyerism

This script definitely had a lot going on in the subtext.…

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Book review: Professor Taranne

Book review of Professor Taranne

This is a book review of “Professor Taranne” by Arthur Adamov. It is really a script from 1953 and I read it as part of my ‘A play a week reading challenge‘. It’s a challenge where I aim to read one play each week for a year, ending up with 52 plays on the list.

Professor Taranne

Professor Taranne basically spends the whole play trying to establish his identity…

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Book review: The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco

Book review: The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco

Book review of The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco

This is actually a review of the script for a play. The play is a part of my reading challenge, where I read a play a week. My goal is to read 52 plays in a year and you can follow my progress right here and maybe even start your own!

The Lesson by Eugene Ionesco

The Lesson is a short play by Eugene Ionesco. It was a quick read and somewhat…

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Book review: The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco

Book review: The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco

Book review: The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco

“The Chairs” by Eugene Ionesco is a script and I read it as part of my ‘A play a week reading challenge‘. I read it in Danish, but will review it in English since it is an internationally known piece.

I will not go into detail about the surrounding contexts of the play when Ionesco wrote it, or even the author themselves. This book review will be just a…

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