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4.0
It's hilarious how spot-on this book is in representing my experience with amateur drama groups despite being written nearly sixty years ago. From its scathing takedown of Shakespearean jester characters to the role-by-role dissection of everything that can go wrong on the night, along with some surprisingly solid (if self-selving) advice on how to deal with them, those familiar with the world of theatre will find a lot to laugh at here. A few boomerisms and perhaps too many "if found please return to pub" type jokes creep in, but Green makes up with it with plenty of witty observations and cringeworthy anecdotes that feel entirely too real.
A must-read for fans of the play that goes wrong, which may as well have been an adaptation
A must-read for fans of the play that goes wrong, which may as well have been an adaptation
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